Table 4 Effects of dietary valine: lysine ratio during late gestation on composition of colostrum and milk

11.07 ± 0.29^b

11.47 ± 0.18^b

12.80 ± 0.20^a

<  0.001

0.495

3.17 ± 0.14^b

4.17 ± 0.39^b

6.23 ± 1.01^a

0.013

0.978

3.64 ± 0.05

3.52 ± 0.07

3.50 ± 0.20

0.444

0.872

17.98 ± 0.74^b

19.57 ± 0.29^b

21.79 ± 0.34^a

0.002

0.623

4.67 ± 0.07

4.53 ± 0.09

4.53 ± 0.03

0.263

0.326

5.93 ± 0.20

6.70 ± 0.46

5.93 ± 0.23

0.724

0.102

6.80 ± 0.10

6.60 ± 0.12

6.57 ± 0.07

0.172

0.348

12.70 ± 0.20

12.47 ± 0.23

12.40 ± 0.15

0.362

0.608