Table 6 Plasma concentrations of amino acids and amino acid metabolites of pigs fed isonitrogenous diets without (CON) or with 5% insect meal (IM5) or 10% insect meal (IM10) for 4 weeks

725 ± 74^b

720 ± 95^b

860 ± 88^a

0.002

191 ± 32

191 ± 39

175 ± 40

0.532

101.3 ± 19.4^a

89.2 ± 18.3^ab

77.1 ± 14.3^b

0.017

27.8 ± 4.5

27.0 ± 8.2

29.4 ± 5.7

0.704

80.4 ± 14.6^b

78.8 ± 8.7^b

92.8 ± 12.9^a

0.038

775 ± 86

741 ± 129

746 ± 104

0.747

344 ± 36^b

374 ± 138^ab

457 ± 92^a

0.041

1267 ± 148

1401 ± 235

1421 ± 252

0.241

37.6 ± 11.9

43.0 ± 11.4

38.1 ± 9.1

0.485

256 ± 51

241 ± 44

242 ± 30

0.693

180 ± 48

213 ± 36

202 ± 39

0.219

499 ± 47

545 ± 141

493 ± 109

0.500

66.9 ± 16.4

78.6 ± 20.5

65.6 ± 19.8

0.039

140 ± 16

148 ± 41

139 ± 28

0.771

81.4 ± 12.4

75.7 ± 9.6

69.2 ± 13.6

0.094

485 ± 73^b

561 ± 72^a

618 ± 62^a

0.001

172 ± 26^b

187 ± 26^ab

204 ± 23^a

0.035

348 ± 78

402 ± 84

388 ± 134

0.472

82.3 ± 10.3

73.8 ± 11.1

74.8 ± 13.6

0.234

129 ± 24^c

161 ± 20^b

188 ± 24^a

0.001

393 ± 69^c

526 ± 60^b

635 ± 84^a

0.001

1.85 ± 0.19

1.89 ± 0.18

1.94 ± 0.17

0.524

49.5 ± 10.5

47.7 ± 13.3

40.1 ± 18.2

0.316

17.4 ± 2.6

16.7 ± 3.8

15.8 ± 3.4

0.568

70.3 ± 8.2

67.8 ± 8.1

67.4 ± 9.9

0.728

1.28 ± 1.17

1.01 ± 0.80

1.31 ± 0.94

0.806

0.99 ± 0.17

0.93 ± 0.12

1.00 ± 0.21

0.691

3.28 ± 0.78^b

4.77 ± 1.24^a

5.61 ± 1.44^a

0.001

1.10 ± 0.17

1.11 ± 0.24

1.17 ± 0.14

0.628

2.23 ± 0.34

2.41 ± 0.35

2.63 ± 0.56

0.140

0.85 ± 0.11

0.84 ± 0.09

0.92 ± 0.09

0.084

0.39 ± 0.40

0.46 ± 0.38

0.47 ± 0.41

0.705

0.83 ± 0.35

0.80 ± 0.37

0.68 ± 0.35

0.555

115 ± 16

123 ± 14

122 ± 7

0.328

64.3 ± 14.9

74.7 ± 20.0

69.9 ± 16.2

0.418