Metabolizable energy, nitrogen balance, and ileal digestibility of amino acids in quality protein maize for pigs

Table 5 Apparent ileal digestibility of the maize: experiment 2

Traits	QPM¹					Maize			Contrast
	QPM1	334Ce	537Ta	537Ig	538Ta	White	Yellow	SEM²	QPM	Normal	Prob³
Dry Matter	77.5^c	77.6^c	81.9^a	77.7^c	78.6^bc	80.9^ab	79.1^abc	0.33	78.7	80.0	0.05
Protein	72.0	74.3	73.4	71.4	74.3	71.8	74.1	0.32	73.1	72.9	0.77
Amino acids
Alanine	73.2^b	72.7^b	71.6^b	69.0^b	70.6^b	79.8^a	80.1^a	0.67	71.4	79.9	0.001
Arginine	82.1^a	73.8^b	82.3^a	81.3^a	85.5^a	80.0^a	82.7^a	0.72	81.0	81.4	0.79
Aspartic acid	75.2	68.4	75.9	71.5	71.9	75.4	75.6	0.61	72.6	75.5	0.06
Cystine	72.9^c	78.9^ab	66.9^d	74.9^bc	78.0^abc	75.1^bc	80.9^a	0.56	74.3	78.0	0.07
Glutamic acid	83.3^b	83.1^b	83.1^b	81.5^b	82.1^b	86.9^a	86.9^a	0.29	82.6	86.9	0.001
Glycine	55.1^ab	49.8^b	58.9^a	54.6^ab	51.9^ab	55.8^ab	57.0^ab	0.91	54.0	56.4	0.83
Histidine	87.2^ab	83.8^bc	88.3^a	82.6^c	85.4^abc	86.1^abc	84.8^abc	0.45	85.4	85.4	0.93
Isoleucine	75.4^ab	69.9^b	74.3^ab	60.2^c	71.8^b	79.4^a	79.2^a	0.66	70.3	79.3	0.001
Leucine	82.4^b	83.2^b	83.1^b	80.5^b	82.1^b	89.0^a	89.4^a	0.43	82.3	89.2	0.001
Lysine	77.2^a	76.7^a	77.1^a	73.8^ab	75.1^ab	69.0^b	72.4^ab	0.72	76.0	70.7	0.01
Methionine	80.5^b	74.2^c	85.5^a	70.7^d	75.5^c	76.8^c	84.3^a	0.36	77.3	80.5	0.05
Phenylalanine	82.7^b	80.6^bc	81.9^b	77.3^c	82.6^b	88.0^a	87.6^a	0.46	81.0	87.7	0.001
Proline	51.2^cd	61.6^bc	72.5^ab	45.8^d	61.5^bc	71.6^ab	80.3^a	1.63	58.5	75.9	0.001
Serine	71.0^ab	67.8^b	72.0^ab	70.4^ab	69.4^b	76.8^a	76.6^a	0.70	70.1	76.6	0.01
Threonine	60.4^ab	54.6^b	61.6^ab	64.1^a	60.1^b	64.8^a	62.4^ab	0.96	60.1	63.6	0.39
Tyrosine	77.9^b	76.8^b	77.7^b	73.8^b	74.7^b	83.7^a	83.9^a	0.57	76.2	83.8	0.001
Valine	77.6^a	70.4^b	81.7^a	63.3^c	80.9^a	78.5^a	82.8^a	0.18	74.8	80.6	0.01

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