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Table 12.

Effect of dietary treatments on plasma concentrations of free amino acids (μmol/L) in the systemic circulation (brachial vein) at 34 D post-hatch.

Treatment	Arg	His	Ile	Leu	Lys	Met	Phe	Thr	Trp
1	694^c	113^c	138^b	265^c	427^a,b	70^a,b	156^c	619^a,b	79
2	497^b	79^b	104^a	210^b	399^a	58^a	135^b,c	514^a	69
3	553^b,c	65^a,b	130^b	208^a,b	591^b,c	79^b	133^b	799^b	72
4	459^a,b	57^a	127^b	184^a	639^c	87^b,c	120^a,b	1,027^c	70
5	449^a,b	64^a,b	135^b	195^a,b	706^c	160^d	128^a,b	1,123^c	73
6	539^b,c	70^a,b	143^b,c	198^a,b	671^c	101^c	123^a,b	1,395^d	79
7	315^a	71^a,b	160^c	286^c	977^d	103^c	108^a	2,387^e	79
SEM	63.65	5.465	6.543	8.994	63.08	6.015	7.551	69.52	3.551
Significance (P =)	0.009	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.004	<0.001	0.186
LSD (P < 0.05)	181.6	15.6	18.7	25.4	180.0	17.2	21.5	198.4	−
Linear effect of	r = 0.374	r = 0.787	r = 0.038	r = 0.723	r = −0.535	r = −0.443	r = 0.461	r = −0.687	r = 0.275
dietary CP 1 to 4	P = 0.050	P < 0.001	P = 0.848	P < 0.001	P = 0.003	P = 0.018	P = 0.014	P < 0.001	P = 0.157

Treatment	Val	Ala	Asp	Asn	Glu	Gly	Ser	Tyr	Total

1	253^a,b	1,129	190	97	312	769^c	662^b,c	232^c	6,203^a,b
2	216^a	1,129	177	50	323	646^b	593^a,b	193^b	5,395^a
3	276^b,c	1,144	153	89	308	668^b	594^a,b	167^b	6,030^a,b
4	281^b,c	1,207	127	92	303	535^a	534^a	164^b	6,011^a,b
5	307^c,d	1,139	142	84	309	516^a	576^a,b	172^b	6,278^a,b
6	328^d	1,341	144	92	314	561^a	565^a	178^b	6,842^b
7	303^c,d	1,297	144	120	341	590^a,b	696^c	124^a	8,093^c
SEM	15.26	77.68	16.10	18.13	17.68	27.90	31.41	11.24	241.7
Significance (P =)	<0.001	0.291	0.112	0.285	0.777	<0.001	0.011	<0.001	<0.001
LSD (P < 0.05)	43.6	−	−	−	−	79.6	89.8	32.1	975.7
Linear effect of	r = −0.344	r = −0.138	r = 0.502	r = −0.062	r = 0.122	r = 0.658	r = 0.502	r = 0.592	r = −0.011
dietary CP 1 to 4	P = 0.073	P = 0.484	P = 0.007	P = 0.753	P = 0.538	P < 0.001	P = 0.007	P = 0.001	P = 0.957

^a–e

Means within columns not sharing common suffixes are significantly different at the 5% level of probability.