Table 6.

Main effects of dietary Ile, Leu, and Val concentrations on tissue BCAA concentrations of growing pigs, as-fed basis

Main effect	SID Leu:Lys, %		SID Ile:Lys, %			SID Val:Lys, %				P-values
Item	100	300	43	53	63	60	70	80	Pooled SEM	Leu	Ile	Val
Liver BCAA
Ile, %	2.72	2.92	2.86	2.81	2.80	2.81	2.82	2.83	0.08	<0.001	0.195	0.905
Leu, %	5.32	5.60	5.51	5.45	5.42	5.77	5.47	5.47	0.13	<0.001	0.208	0.853
Val, %	3.19	3.36	3.31	3.27	3.26	3.26	3.29	3.28	0.08	<0.001	0.287	0.705
Muscle BCAA
Ile, %	3.57	3.47	3.50	3.52	3.55	3.54	3.50	3.52	0.08	<0.001	0.255	0.321
Leu, %	5.99	5.90	5.92	5.94	5.98	5.97	5.91	5.96	0.09	0.003	0.223	0.199
Val, %	3.54	3.29	3.35	3.50	3.39	3.46	3.34	3.44	0.28	0.006	0.405	0.540