TABLE 2.

KIC, KIV, and KMV concentrations in plasma of young pigs after 60 min of infusion with saline, leucine, KIC, or norleucine¹

	Treatment
α-Keto acid	Saline	Leucine	KIC	Norleucine	SE2
		μmol/L
KIC	23.8c	67.2b	96.5a	12.4c	6.8
KIV	9.5a	7.1a,b	10.3a	6.0b	1.2
KMV	28.1a	16.8b	21.4a,b	17.3b	3.2

¹Data are means per treatment, n = 7–8. Labeled means in a row without a common letter differ, P < 0.05.

²Pooled SE of treatment groups.