Transfer of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate from sows to their offspring and its impact on muscle fiber type transformation and performance in pigs

Table 6 Effects of feeding HMB to lactating sows on HMB and amino acid metabolism in piglets during d 28 of lactation

	CON	HMB	SEM^a	P value
HMB level
Maternal milk, μmol/L	0.42	10.50	0.01	<0.001
Piglet’ LD, nmol/g tissue	6.04	7.51	0.33	0.025
Plasma metabolite
Insulin, μU/mL	20.98	23.98	1.05	0.078
Glucose, mmol/L	7.71	9.77	0.46	0.029
Urea, mmol/L	4.79	4.40	0.34	0.860
Leucine, nmol/mL	155.6	227.7	20.8	0.044
BCAA, nmol/mL	516.8	561.2	37.8	0.437
EAA, nmol/mL	1,449	2,521	92	0.002
NEAA, nmol/mL	2,389	2,690	182	0.319

LD longissimus dorsi, BCAA branched-chain amino acids, EAA essential amino acid, NEAA nonessential amino acids, CON control, HMB β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate
^aPooled standard error of the mean (n = 10/treatment for maternal milk; n = 6/treatment for piglet’s LD and plasma metabolite)

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