title: Effects of amino acids supplementation in low crude protein diets on growth performance, carcass traits and serum parameters in finishing gilts.
abstract: This study investigated the effects of amino acids (AA) supplementation in low crude protein (CP) diets on growth performance and carcass characteristics in finishing gilts. One hundred and eighty gilts (59.1 ± 5.1 kg) were randomly allotted to one of five diets which consisted of a high CP (15.6%) diet or four low CP (11.6%) diets for 50 days. The low CP diets were supplemented with lysine + threonine + methionine (LCM), LCM + tryptophan (LCT), LCT + valine (LCV) or LCV + isoleucine (LCI), respectively. Gilts were housed at six pigs per pen with six pens per treatment. At the end of the 50-day experiment, 30 gilts (one pig per pen) with average body weight (BW) of 98 kg were killed to evaluate carcass traits. The pigs fed the diet supplemented with LCV obtained the highest average daily gain (ADG), which was higher than those of pigs fed the diet supplemented with LCM (P < 0.05). Dietary supplementation with tryptophan, valine and isoleucine in low CP diets increased ADG (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05), serum levels of valine (quadratic effect, P < 0.05) and isoleucine (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA (linear and quadratic effect, P < 0.05) in finishing gilts. © 2016 Japanese Society of Animal Science.
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xilan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luo Yang, China.
authors.forename: Wenfeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yanrong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China. lizhentian2006@126.com.
authors.forename: Zhentian
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007532:Isoleucine / Q000097:blood; D008460:Meat; D019655:Quantitative Trait, Heritable; D013552:Swine / Q000097:blood* / Q000254:growth & development*; D014633:Valine / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007532:Isoleucine; D014633:Valine
keywords: amino acids; carcass traits; finishing gilts; pig performance