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Table 7 Hepatic extraction of amino acids in sows during late gestation and in early and peak lactation1

From: Net absorption and liver metabolism of amino acids and heat production of portal-drained viscera and liver in multiparous sows during transition and lactation

Item

DIM2

SEM

ST2

SEM

P-value

 

−10

− 3

3

17

 

−0.5

0.5

1.5

2.5

3.5

4.5

5.5

6.5

 

DIM

ST

ST×DIM

Essential AA, %

 Lys

2.8bc

5.3a

4.5ab

1.4c

0.7

1.2d

4.5ab

6.1a

3.9abc

2.0cd

4.1abc

3.6abcd

2.6bcd

1.0

< 0.001

0.008

0.09

 Met

−4.1

−4.1

(−0.7)

−1.8

2.4

−7.0

−3.1

(− 0.8)

1.8

1.1

−4.0

−6.9

−2.5

3.0

0.64

0.11

0.13

 Thr

1.6

2.9

2.7

2.1

0.6

2.1

3.6

3.2

1.8

(0.6)

2.6

2.5

2.5

0.8

0.32

0.09

0.22

 Trp

3.5

4.4

3.6

4.4

0.5

3.1

4.3

3.6

3.9

4.6

4.6

4.3

3.5

0.7

0.39

0.42

0.59

 Ile

(0.7bc)

2.6a

2.3ab

(0.2c)

0.7

−1.1c

2.4a

2.5a

2.0ab

(0.0b)

2.8a

1.6ab

1.4ab

0.9

0.03

0.006

0.54

 Leu

1.0

2.8

2.0

1.3

1.1

−1.6

3.1

3.4

2.4

(0.9)

2.2

2.9

(0.8)

1.5

0.42

0.05

0.55

 Val

−0.7b

1.4a

(0.3ab)

(−0.6b)

0.6

−2.2b

(0.2a)

1.2a

(0.3a)

1.2a

(0.8a)

(−0.5ab)

(0.0ab)

0.9

0.03

0.02

0.41

 His

7.1

7.2

7.0

6.7

1.2

7.6

7.4

5.6

6.0

8.5

6.4

5.2

9.2

1.7

0.98

0.53

0.79

 Phe

12.5

13.9

10.4

12.3

1.2

10.4

12.3

12.9

13.3

12.4

13.5

12.3

11.3

1.3

0.07

0.40

0.37

Non-essential AA, %

 Ala

16.6

16.3

19.7

19.4

1.8

19.4

17.2

17.8

18.1

16.8

18.1

17.5

19.2

1.8

0.05

0.19

< 0.001

 Asn

16.4

20.5

23.4

21.2

1.9

20.4

21.8

23.2

18.8

17.7

19.4

20.2

21.3

2.2

0.12

0.50

0.004

 Asp

8.1

8.8

7.3

8.7

1.5

4.8

10.9

10.0

6.9

6.2

9.1

8.5

9.3

1.8

0.86

0.07

0.28

 Cys

4.3a

5.0a

2.4b

3.5ab

0.6

2.4c

5.3a

4.4ab

3.3bc

3.3bc

4.2ab

3.6abc

3.9abc

0.7

0.02

0.01

0.91

 Glu

−72.2b

−71.8b

−85.8a

−63.8b

5.2

−73.7ab

−65.8c

−73.8ab

−72.0ab

−71.8b

−77.5ab

−71.0b

−81.7a

4.6

0.02

0.005

0.13

 Gly

8.9

9.2

9.6

10.3

0.9

10.7ab

9.0bc

8.9bc

8.2c

8.2c

9.5bc

9.8abc

11.6a

1.1

0.38

0.03

0.005

 Pro

3.1

4.2

2.5

2.6

0.7

3.0

3.2

3.6

3.4

1.9

3.6

3.1

3.2

1.0

0.23

0.76

0.16

 Ser

13.4a

12.6a

6.7b

9.0ab

1.7

6.0d

13.1ab

14.5a

12.3ab

9.4cd

10.7bc

8.2cd

9.1cd

1.5

0.02

< 0.001

0.02

 Tyr

10.0

10.8

10.3

10.1

0.9

9.4

10.9

11.0

9.9

9.5

10.7

9.5

11.5

1.1

0.85

0.46

0.49

 Gln

4.6b

5.9b

10.9a

6.3b

1.6

7.8

8.1

5.3

5.9

8.0

6.2

8.4

5.7

1.8

0.03

0.56

0.61

  1. a–dWithin a row and within a main effect (DIM, ST), means with different letters differ
  2. 1Values presented in parenthesis are not significantly different from zero. 2DIM days in milk, ST sampling time