Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01555-0, published online 02 May 2017

This Article contains an error in the Discussion section.

“Up to now, many studies had shown that the food intake increased in rats fed with diet containing additional lysine, and subsequently the body weight gain, feed efficiency, and growth responsiveness were also improved26-28.”

should read:

“Up to now, many studies had shown that the food intake increased in animals fed with diet containing additional lysine, and subsequently the body weight gain, feed efficiency, and growth responsiveness were also improved26-28.”