Table 10.
D 14 plasma amino acids (µmol/L) of Ross 708 male broilers fed reduced CP diets supplemented with Gly from 0 to 14 d post-hatch in experiment 2.1
| Item | Treatments2 |
SEM |
P-values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCP88 | LCP100 | LCP112 | LCP124 | Linear | Quadratic | ||
| Met | 122 | 131 | 141 | 144 | 11.3 | 0.143 | 0.765 |
| Cys | 36 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 2.8 | 0.047 | 0.816 |
| Lys | 196 | 224 | 200 | 197 | 24.9 | 0.857 | 0.533 |
| Thr | 1,288 | 1,115 | 1,065 | 1,225 | 106.8 | 0.618 | 0.130 |
| Val | 196 | 201 | 201 | 210 | 18.1 | 0.618 | 0.920 |
| Ile | 90 | 96 | 95 | 99 | 9.4 | 0.516 | 0.906 |
| Leu | 181 | 186 | 173 | 187 | 15.5 | 0.930 | 0.769 |
| Arg | 1,493 | 633 | 1,417 | 886 | 213.2 | 0.286 | 0.446 |
| Gly | 389 | 644 | 956 | 1,450 | 52.4 | < 0.001 | 0.024 |
| Ser | 327 | 383 | 466 | 519 | 32.8 | < 0.001 | 0.954 |
| Asp | 25 | 38 | 28 | 30 | 3.0 | 0.267 | 0.721 |
| Glu | 206 | 141 | 132 | 135 | 14.0 | 0.001 | 0.022 |
| Ala | 944 | 755 | 884 | 876 | 89.9 | 0.857 | 0.323 |
| Pro | 571 | 524 | 607 | 568 | 50.6 | 0.744 | 0.938 |
| Trp | 1,255 | 1,393 | 1,815 | 1,145 | 145.2 | 0.888 | 0.009 |
| Phe | 218 | 190 | 226 | 221 | 21.4 | 0.647 | 0.601 |
| Tyr | 230 | 189 | 207 | 208 | 21.0 | 0.601 | 0.327 |
| His | 32 | 38 | 34 | 38 | 3.7 | 0.408 | 0.710 |
Abbreviation: LCP, low crude protein.
Values are least square means of 9 replicate pens.
The LCP88, LCP100, LCP112, and LCP124 had an 88, 100, 112, and 124% increase in tGly + Ser, respectively, compared to the RCP diet.