Dietary supplementation with branched-chain amino acids enhances milk production by lactating sows and the growth of suckling piglets

Table 2 Supplemental branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) and L-alanine (the isonitrogenous control) to the basal corn-soybean diet¹

Treatment	Supplemental amino acid, g/100 g diet				Total nitrogen, mmol N/100 g diet
	L-Isoleucine	L-Leucine	L-Valine	L-Alanine	Total nitrogen, mmol N/100 g diet
Control	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.149	24.12
1.535% BCAA	0.32	0.82	0.395	1.07	24.12
3.07% BCAA	0.64	1.64	0.79	0.00	24.12

¹The diets were made isonitrogenous with the addition of L-alanine at the expense of corn starch

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