Effects of porcine somatotropin administration on the responses to dietary lysine and a near-ideal blend of amino acids for growing pigs.
Two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of porcine ST (pST) on the responses to a near-ideal blend of AA for pigs from 22 to 60 kg BW. Eighty Hampshire × Yorkshire gilts (40 gilts/experiment) were individually penned and assigned to a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments, consisting of 4 diets with and without pST injection. A fortified corn-soybean meal basal diet was formulated to contain 1.50% total Lys and Thr, Met, and Trp were added to obtain a near-ideal blend of these AA relative to Lys. In 3 additional diets, Lys was reduced to 1.25%, 1.00%, or 0.75% by diluting the basal diet with cornstarch, cellulose, and sand, such that the diets also contained the same ratios of AA. Pigs that received pST were administered a daily intramuscular injection of 2 mg of pST. Data from the 2 experiments were pooled. Administration of pST increased ADG (P < 0.01), G:F (P < 0.01), and LM area (P < 0.01), and decreased ADFI (P < 0.03), last rib backfat (P < 0.01), and 10th rib backfat (P < 0.01). Also, estimated carcass muscle and calculated lean gain increased (P < 0.01) in pST-treated pigs. Administration of pST also increased (P < 0.01) the percentage, total gain and accretion rate of water, protein, and ash in the carcass, and decreased (P < 0.01) the percentage, total gain, and accretion rate of carcass fat. Growth rate, G:F, and carcass traits improved (P < 0.01), percentage of carcass protein and water increased (P < 0.01), and carcass fat percentage decreased (P < 0.01) with increasing dietary Lys. The percentage, total gain, and accretion rate of carcass protein increased to a greater extent in pST-treated pigs than in untreated pigs, resulting in a pST × Lys interaction (P < 0.05). The results indicated that pST improves performance, leanness, and protein accretion in pigs from 22 to 60 kg BW, and that these responses to dietary Lys and a near-ideal blend of AA is greater in growing pigs treated with pST than untreated pigs.
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA.
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D000596:Amino Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000821:Animal Feed / Q000032:analysis; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine / Q000254:growth & development*
D000596:Amino Acids; D013006:Growth Hormone; D008239:Lysine