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. 2018 Jan 29;96(2):670–683. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky018

Table 3.

Effect of dietary CP content on total EAA and NEAA flow in omasum and ileum

Item CP contents (g/kg DM)1 Contrast2
CR 100 120 140 SEM RI vs. VI Linear Quadratic
Flow of AA (g/d)
 EAA omasum 160.8 264.0 288.4 345.9 0.02 <0.01 <0.01 0.38
 NEAA omasum 189.5 313.7 353.0 409.7 0.03 <0.01 <0.01 0.69
 EAA ileum 43.7 73.8 71.6 86.4 0.01 <0.01 0.10 0.19
 NEAA ileum 56.8 97.1 93.7 115.2 0.01 <0.01 0.05 0.11
Flow of EAA in omasum (g/d)
 Arginine 16.49 26.79 29.80 34.70 1.77 <0.01 <0.01 0.63
 Histidine 6.91 10.90 12.05 14.19 0.96 <0.01 0.01 0.65
 Isoleucine 18.20 29.91 32.77 38.41 1.82 <0.01 <0.01 0.50
 Leucine 31.98 53.05 58.51 68.59 3.59 <0.01 <0.01 0.55
 Lysine 24.19 42.62 45.28 57.78 2.93 <0.01 <0.01 0.11
 Methionine 6.66 10.72 12.02 14.09 0.69 <0.01 <0.01 0.64
 Phenylalanine 16.63 26.92 29.04 35.64 1.93 <0.01 <0.01 0.33
 Threonine 16.74 27.48 30.56 36.91 1.75 <0.01 <0.01 0.38
 Tryptophan 2.73 4.24 5.12 5.58 0.39 <0.01 <0.01 0.56
 Valine 20.32 31.37 33.19 39.95 2.74 <0.01 0.03 0.47
Flow of nonessential in omasum AA (%)
 Alanine 24.66 41.67 47.28 54.94 2.63 <0.01 <0.01 0.70
 Aspartic acid 33.24 55.19 63.01 73.95 4.68 <0.01 0.01 0.78
 Cystine 7.43 11.40 12.87 14.22 0.74 <0.01 0.01 0.95
 Glutamic acid 30.38 58.05 55.60 70.26 4.91 <0.01 0.05 0.11
 Glycine 20.62 34.86 39.78 45.67 2.32 <0.01 <0.01 0.83
 Proline 19.10 33.66 38.56 42.87 2.18 <0.01 <0.01 0.89
 Serine 17.33 28.27 31.91 37.95 1.87 <0.01 <0.01 0.54
 Tyrosine 17.23 27.09 29.51 35.88 1.74 <0.01 <0.01 0.34
Flow of EAA in ileum (g/d)
 Arginine 3.82 6.26 6.04 7.37 0.54 <0.01 0.07 0.14
 Histidine 1.48 2.61 2.39 2.98 0.19 <0.01 0.11 0.05
 Isoleucine 5.11 8.09 8.23 9.75 0.72 <0.01 0.04 0.30
 Leucine 8.17 13.90 13.41 15.74 1.10 <0.01 0.16 0.21
 Lysine 6.71 12.52 12.01 14.32 1.69 <0.01 0.40 0.44
 Methionine 1.18 2.08 1.98 2.29 0.17 <0.01 0.32 0.25
 Phenylalanine 4.55 7.42 7.42 8.97 0.61 <0.01 0.03 0.19
 Threonine 5.99 9.95 9.54 11.98 0.80 <0.01 0.06 0.12
 Tryptophan 0.88 1.55 1.32 1.67 0.14 <0.01 0.41 0.03
 Valine 5.82 9.40 9.30 11.29 0.84 <0.01 0.05 0.19
Flow of nonessential in ileum AA (%)
 Alanine 8.10 13.54 13.33 16.04 1.08 <0.01 0.06 0.19
 Aspartic acid 6.99 12.05 11.78 16.16 1.65 <0.01 0.01 0.10
 Cystine 1.84 2.98 3.29 3.35 0.39 <0.01 0.41 0.76
 Glutamic acid 13.97 24.05 22.73 28.37 2.05 <0.01 0.06 0.07
 Glycine 8.07 13.61 13.12 15.63 0.94 <0.01 0.08 0.13
 Proline 7.10 12.35 11.61 13.49 0.89 <0.01 0.28 0.16
 Serine 5.19 9.16 8.50 10.47 0.66 <0.01 0.14 0.09
 Tyrosine 5.50 9.36 9.34 11.66 0.93 <0.01 0.02 0.15

1Treatments: RI = restricted intake to 1.2% BW containing 120 g of CP/kg of DM; 100, 120, and 140 = voluntary intake containing 100, 120, and 140 g of CP/kg of DM, respectively.

2RI vs. VI = restricted intake vs. voluntary intake (100, 120, and 140 CP g of CP/kg of DM).