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Table 6 Intestine amino acid concentrations of growing barrows (25 to 42 kg body weight) fed different levels of threonine (70%, 85%, 100%, 115%, and 130% of the ideal threonine:lysine ratio of 0.65) in an individual precision-feeding (IPF) system or a group phase-feeding (GPF) system

From: Pigs receiving daily tailored diets using precision-feeding techniques have different threonine requirements than pigs fed in conventional phase-feeding systems

Parameter

IPF

GPF

 

P-value2

70

85

100

115

130

70

85

100

115

130

MSE1

Thr

FS

Thr × FS

Number of observations

5

3

6

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

    

Chemical composition * , %

 Dry matter

17.14

16.82

17.26

17.09

17.44

17.04

17.39

17.20

16.76

17.25

0.33

0.67

0.90

0.63

 Crude protein

12.91

12.93

13.23

13.31

13.34

13.09

13.44

13.24

12.95

13.13

0.20

0.63

0.80

0.16

 Fat

3.04

2.69

2.78

2.42

2.69

2.60

2.62

2.62

2.54

2.86

0.24

0.54

0.57

0.62

 Ash

0.96

0.90

0.98

1.00

0.96

0.96

1.00

1.00

0.96

0.97

0.02

0.50

0.20

0.10

Essential amino acids, g/100 g of crude protein

 Arginine

8.17

8.13

8.01

8.16

8.02

7.96

8.29

8.11

8.00

8.09

0.10

0.40

0.94

0.14

 Histidine

2.64

2.60

2.65

2.63

2.60

2.57

2.62

2.66

2.61

2.65

0.03

0.51

0.99

0.42

 Isoleucine

4.19

4.13

4.18

4.14

4.11

4.04

4.21

4.20

4.17

4.17

0.05

0.47

0.81

0.10

 Leucine

8.13

8.00

8.18

8.14

8.12

7.93

8.22

8.22

8.14

8.11

0.08

0.20

0.84

0.11

 Lysine

7.71

7.55

7.73

7.63

7.64

7.47

7.67

7.74

7.68

7.71

0.09

0.37

1.00

0.21

 Methionine

1.80

1.81

1.57

1.81

1.57

2.17

1.88

2.01

1.85

1.62

0.21

0.35

0.09

0.68

 Phenylalanine

4.46

4.39

4.51

4.50

4.49

4.38

4.48

4.50

4.45

4.49

0.04

0.12

0.73

0.19

 Threonine

4.59

4.60

4.62

4.65

4.64

4.51

4.69

4.69

4.61

4.60

0.05

0.14

0.98

0.21

 Valine

5.19

5.14

5.21

5.16

5.16

5.03

5.23

5.21

5.18

5.19

0.06

0.37

0.88

0.19

Non-essential amino acids, g/100 g of crude protein

 Alanine

6.16

6.19

6.13

6.16

6.19

6.09

6.22

6.16

6.13

6.09

0.07

0.74

0.46

0.76

 Asparagine

10.92

10.87

10.97

11.04

10.83

10.63

11.00

10.96

10.72

10.92

0.11

0.31

0.21

0.06a

 Cysteine

1.15

1.19

1.15

1.26

1.19

1.20

1.21

1.24

1.15

1.12

0.06

0.86

0.90

0.30

 Glutamate

14.97

15.19

14.97

15.22

14.95

14.89

15.44

15.20

15.03

14.90

0.25

0.46

0.84

0.83

 Glycine

7.96

8.23

7.79

8.04

8.08

8.00

7.99

7.90

7.90

7.83

0.19

0.65

0.38

0.75

 Proline

5.74

5.84

5.71

5.80

5.84

5.71

5.82

5.75

5.72

5.71

0.09

0.65

0.37

0.83

 Serine

4.79

4.78

4.82

4.85

4.82

4.74

4.90

4.90

4.73

4.79

0.05

0.26

0.96

0.08a

 Tyrosine

4.12

4.08

4.12

4.12

4.12

3.99

4.15

4.15

4.13

4.12

0.04

0.33

0.98

0.15

  1. 1MSE, maximum standard error; *Fresh basis
  2. 2Thr, level of threonine; FS, feeding system; Thr × FS, interaction between level of threonine and feeding system; acubic effect within GPF
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