Table 1.
Composition of essential amino acids of body components and milk
| Item | Body components 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carcass | Offals | Whole blood | Hair | Milk 2 | |
| Contribution, % | |||||
| At 8.5 kg BW | 66.2 | 28.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | - |
| At 107 kg BW | 78.8 | 14.1 | 5.4 | 1.7 | - |
| AA, % | |||||
| Lys | 7.6 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 7.4 |
| Met | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Cys | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 13.0 | 1.7 |
| Thr | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 4.3 |
| Trp | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| Val | 4.7 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| Ile | 3.9 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| Leu | 7.1 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 |
| Phe | 3.8 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| Tyr | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| His | 3.7 | 2.8 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
| Arg | 6.5 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 5.5 |