Table 6 Effect of dietary valine : lysine ratio during late gestation on free amino acid in colostrum and milk

Val

7.74 ± 0.38 ^b

8.16 ± 0.58 ^b

10.56 ± 0.22 ^a

0.002

0.364

1.88 ± 0.05

2.00 ± 0.01

1.95 ± 0.04

0.146

0.055

Leu

7.11 ± 0.88 ^b

11.09 ± 2.98 ^ab

17.68 ± 1.96 ^a

0.012

0.868

2.61 ± 0.17

2.48 ± 0.12

2.49 ± 0.27

0.748

0.730

Ile

4.10 ± 0.83

4.75 ± 0.46

5.35 ± 0.04

0.166

0.748

0.66 ± 0.04

0.55 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.01

0.252

0.532

Lys

7.89 ± 0.63 ^b

11.09 ± 0.22 ^a

12.28 ± 0.33 ^a

< 0.001

0.018

3.52 ± 0.18

3.59 ± 0.09

3.40 ± 0.14

0.764

0.430

Met

2.54 ± 0.17

2.55 ± 0.06

2.71 ± 0.02

0.259

0.739

1.03 ± 0.04

1.00 ± 0.03

0.96 ± 0.02

0.803

0.881

Cys

1.81 ± 0.27

2.00 ± 0.39

1.91 ± 0.26

0.578

0.130

5.55 ± 0.16 ^a

3.94 ± 0.07 ^c

4.45 ± 0.04 ^b

0.001

< 0.001

Phe

4.74 ± 0.95 ^b

9.74 ± 3.46 ^a

9.89 ± 2.18 ^a

< 0.001

< 0.001

3.74 ± 0.13

2.89 ± 0.06

5.10 ± 1.30

0.168

0.212

Thr

5.98 ± 0.21^b

6.70 ± 0.30 ^b

8.74 ± 0.68 ^a

< 0.001

0.182

11.06 ± 0.14

11.43 ± 0.12

10.96 ± 0.05

0.076

0.083

Asp

13.99 ± 0.98 ^b

12.36 ± 0.79 ^b

17.14 ± 0.91 ^a

0.010

0.233

46.85 ± 0.52

46.37 ± 0.87

44.10 ± 0.72

0.571

0.671

Glu

31.17 ± 2.28

21.69 ± 0.99

35.86 ± 5.23

0.060

0.005

52.14 ± 0.38

52.29 ± 0.76

54.10 ± 0.20

0.438

0.106

Arg

9.24 ± 0.60 ^b

11.51 ± 0.59 ^b

15.61 ± 1.77 ^a

0.018

0.968

9.10 ± 1.64

10.94 ± 0.02

10.52 ± 0.22

0.429

0.298

Ala

12.73 ± 0.98

7.99 ± 1.72

10.09 ± 1.32

0.277

0.039

25.41 ± 0.29

24.11 ± 0.85

24.17 ± 0.17

0.226

0.568

Ser

10.23 ± 0.00

13.31 ± 2.82

15.11 ± 1.78

0.269

0.472

6.28 ± 0.29

5.46 ± 0.24

6.24 ± 0.09

0.071

0.253

Gly

7.87 ± 1.21

15.30 ± 3.93

9.97 ± 0.04

0.153

0.628

24.29 ± 0.21 ^b

24.20 ± 0.74 ^b

26.39 ± 0.26 ^a

0.026

0.776

His

6.14 ± 1.41

8.72 ± 1.68

5.73 ± 1.18

0.346

0.463

4.62 ± 0.11

4.23 ± 0.53

4.24 ± 0.11

0.635

0.819