Table 6.
Influence of PN supplementation in the diet of sows from 85 d of gestation to parturition on AAs in liver of neonatal piglets (mg/kg).
| Item | Groups (n = 7) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CON group | PN group | ||
| Histidine | 0.95 ± 0.40 | 0.87 ± 0.24 | 0.87 |
| Isoleucine | 0.52 ± 0.14 | 2.47 ± 0.69 | 0.02 |
| Leucine | 3.49 ± 0.25 | 6.13 ± 0.89 | 0.01 |
| Lysine | 0.72 ± 0.12 | 3.34 ± 1.03 | 0.03 |
| Methionine | 0.23 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.10 | 0.25 |
| Phenylalanine | 2.09 ± 0.43 | 4.37 ± 1.11 | 0.08 |
| Threonine | 1.01 ± 0.18 | 1.82 ± 0.31 | 0.04 |
| Valine | 1.32 ± 0.17 | 3.07 ± 0.83 | 0.06 |
| EAA | 10.32 ± 0.76 | 22.38 ± 3.86 | 0.01 |
| Alanine | 11.49 ± 2.79 | 12.81 ± 4.26 | 0.80 |
| Aspartic acid | 6.19 ± 1.10 | 7.10 ± 1.39 | 0.62 |
| Arginine | 0.65 ± 0.27 | 0.66 ± 0.25 | 0.97 |
| Glutamic acid | 13.53 ± 2.19 | 12.09 ± 2.09 | 0.64 |
| Glycine | 4.11 ± 0.79 | 5.27 ± 1.59 | 0.53 |
| Serine | 2.82 ± 0.56 | 2.97 ± 0.59 | 0.86 |
| Tyrosine | 3.06 ± 0.25 | 7.51 ± 1.39 | < 0.01 |
| Cysteine | 0.47 ± 0.14 | 0.72 ± 0.21 | 0.36 |
| Proline | 4.37 ± 0.97 | 3.88 ± 1.27 | 0.77 |
| NEAA | 46.63 ± 6.40 | 53.03 ± 10.50 | 0.61 |
| Total AA | 61.20 ± 6.49 | 82.10 ± 14.40 | 0.21 |
Data are presented as mean ± SEM. AAs = amino acids; EAA = essential amino acid; NEAA = non-essential amino acid; PN = pyrimidine nucleoside.