title: Efficiency of methionine retention in ducks.
abstract: The accretion of methionine and protein as a function of methionine intake was assessed in growing ducks between 22 and 42 d post-hatching. Four graded doses of dl-methionine at 0, 0 x 5, 1 x 0 or 1 x 5 g/kg diet were added to a methionine-limiting basal diet and fed to four replicate groups of four ducks each. The growth and efficiency of food use for growth increased linearly (P<0 x 05) as a function of methionine intake. The accretion of body protein increased (P<0 x 001) from 87 x 5 to 182 x 2 g, and that of methionine from 1616 to 3125 mg, over the 21 d period as dietary methionine increased. The accretion rate of methionine in the body (y, mg/d) as a function of methionine intake (x, mg/d) of ducks fed diets containing supplemental methionine at 0, 0 x 5, 1 x 0 or 1 x 5 g/kg diet from day 22 to day 42 post-hatching gave the regression equation: y=-148 x 86 (se 32 x 558)+0 x 312 (se 0 x 0384)X, r2=0 x 8253. For protein accretion rate in the body (y, mg/d) as a function of methionine intake (x, mg/d), the regression equation was: y= -9782 (se 2204)+19 x 505 (se 2 x 5994)x, r2=0 x 8009. There was a linear relationship between methionine (y, mg/d) and protein (x, mg/d) accretion in ducks that was described by the equation y=12 x 757 (se 7 x 4019)+0 x 01 525 (se 0 x 00 107)x, r2=0 x 9355. The results of these studies suggest a constant utilisation of methionine over the range 2 x 4-3 x 9 g digestible methionine/kg diet, with an efficiency of 31 %. Furthermore, the results suggest a quantitative relationship of 15 mg methionine for every gram of protein accretion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. ladeola@purdue.edu
authors.forename: Olayiwola
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adeola
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004063:Digestion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004372:Ducks / Q000378:metabolism*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008715:Methionine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D008715:Methionine