. 2021 Aug 10;8:681192. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.681192

Table 3.

Contents of amino acids in psoas major muscle of pigs.

Items	Nursery stage				Growing stage				Finishing stage				SEM	p -values
	Landrace pig		Bama mini-pig		Landrace pig		Bama mini-pig		Landrace pig		Bama mini-pig			p_S	p_B	p_D	p_{S × B}	p_{S × D}	p_{B × D}
	GB diet	NRC diet	GB diet	NRC diet	GB diet	NRC diet	GB diet	NRC diet	GB diet	NRC diet	GB diet	NRC diet
Ala	13.08	14.23	13.22	13.97	10.94	9.72	14.48	14.75	24.73	30.24	18.55	20.76	1.87	<0.01	0.34	0.25	<0.01	0.39	0.77
Arg	10.62	10.66	10.85	11.42	12.42	12.01	12.28	12.51	13.11	13.22	12.02	13.05	0.28	<0.01	0.93	0.17	0.05	0.38	0.07
Asp	16.03	16.25	16.63	17.60	19.08	18.31	19.40	19.63	20.69	20.99	18.87	20.33	0.44	<0.01	0.54	0.18	<0.01	0.29	0.11
Glu	32.63	33.02	33.20	35.00	39.90	39.75	36.74	37.52	40.33	40.36	35.84	38.76	0.96	<0.01	0.02	0.14	<0.01	0.77	0.18
Gly	7.79	7.57	7.85	8.12	8.30	8.54	8.90	9.09	9.22	9.31	8.93	9.22	0.22	<0.01	0.12	0.32	0.12	0.84	0.47
His	6.79	6.91	6.52	7.14	8.43	8.07	7.96	9.09	8.73	9.34	8.41	9.79	0.31	<0.01	0.61	<0.01	0.84	0.40	0.03
Ile	6.79	6.26	7.18	7.61	8.77	8.55	8.27	7.77	8.68	8.84	7.92	8.31	0.26	<0.01	0.44	0.80	<0.01	0.37	0.39
Leu	14.32	14.15	16.39	17.16	16.72	16.00	19.83	18.08	19.01	19.02	17.67	18.47	0.70	<0.01	<0.01	0.70	<0.01	0.30	0.80
Lys	14.43	14.69	14.97	15.89	17.29	16.65	16.92	17.25	18.27	18.49	16.78	18.03	0.39	<0.01	0.99	0.14	0.02	0.36	0.10
Met	2.49	3.00	6.08	5.87	3.60	2.74	4.11	3.46	6.72	5.65	3.95	5.79	0.48	<0.01	0.01	0.83	<0.01	0.34	0.22
Phe	6.05	6.02	6.94	7.21	6.96	6.80	7.75	7.31	8.04	8.06	7.24	7.99	0.21	<0.01	<0.01	0.64	<0.01	0.16	0.38
Pro	8.93	8.06	40.64	38.51	10.23	9.11	20.46	10.62	31.92	30.48	21.19	25.49	3.53	<0.01	<0.01	0.44	<0.01	0.52	0.77
Ser	6.17	6.79	6.89	7.24	6.98	6.97	7.76	7.96	8.30	8.27	7.57	8.20	0.20	<0.01	<0.01	0.03	<0.01	0.46	0.44
Thr	8.20	8.55	8.62	9.07	9.91	9.97	9.74	10.05	10.64	10.80	9.61	10.51	0.23	<0.01	0.62	0.02	0.02	0.69	0.25
Tyr	5.07	5.55	6.51	6.82	4.77	4.26	7.20	5.43	6.98	6.64	5.56	6.77	0.45	0.02	<0.01	0.73	<0.01	0.06	0.95
Val	8.22	7.94	7.55	8.10	9.45	8.13	8.71	9.12	9.83	10.42	9.36	9.65	0.34	<0.01	0.29	0.86	0.45	0.31	0.11
TAA	167.60	169.64	210.06	216.73	193.75	185.58	210.51	199.64	245.19	250.11	209.45	231.10	6.97	<0.01	0.02	0.57	<0.01	0.16	0.51
EAA	77.91	78.17	85.11	89.47	93.53	88.92	95.57	94.63	103.03	103.83	92.95	101.58	2.25	<0.01	0.13	0.35	<0.01	0.14	0.09
NEAA	89.69	91.47	124.95	127.26	100.21	96.65	114.94	105.01	142.16	146.28	116.50	129.52	5.16	<0.01	0.02	0.71	<0.01	0.23	0.88
FAA	80.14	81.73	81.76	86.11	90.65	88.33	91.81	93.50	108.08	114.11	94.20	102.11	2.79	<0.01	0.23	0.09	<0.01	0.32	0.45
EAA/TAA	0.47	0.46	0.41	0.41	0.48	0.48	0.46	0.47	0.42	0.42	0.45	0.44	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.99	<0.01	0.57	0.32
EAA/NEAA	0.87	0.86	0.68	0.71	0.93	0.92	0.85	0.90	0.73	0.72	0.81	0.80	0.02	<0.01	<0.01	0.81	<0.01	0.72	0.33

Values are expressed as mg/g fresh muscle tissue (means with pooled SEM), n = 8 per treatment group.

S, stage; B, breed; D, diet; S × B, stage × breed interaction; S × D, stage × diet interaction; B × D, breed × diet interaction.

Ala, alanine; Arg, arginine; Asp, asparate; Glu, glutamate; Gly, glycine; His, histidine; Ile, isoleucine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Phe, phehylalanine; Pro, proline; Ser, serine; Thr, threonine; Tyr, tyrosine; Val, valine.

TAA, total amino acids; EAA, essential amino acids, including arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, and valine; NEAA, non-essential amino acids, including alanine, aspartate, glutamate, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine; FAA, flavor-related amino acids, including alanine, arginine, aspartate, glutamate, and glycine; EAA/TAA, ratio of EAA to TAA; EAA/NEAA, ratio of EAA to NEAA.