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. 2019 Sep 16;10:75. doi: 10.1186/s40104-019-0381-2

Table 5.

Blood profiles of finishing pigs fed low protein diet supplemented with different amino acids (n = 6)

Item HCP MCP (−2, %) LCP(−4, %) P 1 P 2
10 EAAs 10 EAAs 10 EAAs Lys, Met, Thr,
Trp
Lys, Met,Thr,
Trp, Ile
Lys, Met, Thr,
Trp, Val
Lys, Met, Thr,
Trp, Ile, Val
SUN, mmol/L 7.35 ± 0.38x 4.62 ± 0.20y 3.98 ± 0.33y 4.74 ± 0.38 3.94 ± 0.28 4.15 ± 0.43 4.56 ± 0.55 <  0.01 0.51
ALB, g/L 40.78 ± 1.71 41.19 ± 2.15 43.89 ± 2.84 41.29 ± 2.73 41.26 ± 2.01 43.50 ± 2.75 41.1 ± 3.95 0.59 0.92
TP, g/L 57.92 ± 1.45 58.94 ± 1.19 60.11 ± 2.17 56.28 ± 1.88 57.35 ± 1.05 59.26 ± 2.16 62.56 ± 1.14 0.66 0.17
NH3-N, mg/L 40.64 ± 1.96 34.29 ± 3.05 35.09 ± 1.19ab 37.33 ± 1.46a 31.75 ± 0.77b 36.73 ± 1.41a 35.36 ± 1.32ab 0.13 0.01

SUN, Serum urea nitrogen; ALB, Albumin; TP, Total protein.

P1 represented the P value of ANOVA among the HCP diet, MCPdiet and LCP diet with balancing 10 EAAs.

P2 represented the P value of ANOVA among different amino acid balanced patterns of the LCP diets groups.

x,y,zSuperscripts indicate differences among different levels of dietary protein