Table 5.

Effect of grapeseeds (G) and sweet sorghum forage (F) on amino acid profiles of Small-tailed Han lamb meat (g/100 g Longissimus thoracis tissue)

Item	Dietary treatment1)				SEM	p-value2)
	SS	SSG	SH	SHG		F	G	F×G
NEAA	10.9	11.3	11.2	10.5	0.233	0.519	0.613	0.218
Asp	1.93	2.02	2.01	1.85	0.040	0.520	0.590	0.083
Ser	0.70	0.72	0.71	0.69	0.017	0.777	0.985	0.559
Glu	3.11	3.21	3.19	2.97	0.066	0.507	0.654	0.193
Gly	0.83	0.85	0.87	0.79	0.019	0.807	0.414	0.133
Ala	1.09	1.11	1.12	1.02	0.023	0.452	0.329	0.114
Tyr	0.68	0.66	0.66	0.65	0.015	0.690	0.600	0.980
His	0.90	0.89	0.88	0.80	0.026	0.235	0.330	0.427
Arg	1.18	1.24	1.20	1.14	0.029	0.474	0.920	0.263
Pro	0.53	0.56	0.55	0.55	0.014	0.928	0.716	0.523
EAA	7.20	7.44	7.42	6.73	0.135	0.296	0.339	0.045
Thr	0.85	0.89	0.89	0.82	0.017	0.712	0.596	0.078
Val	0.98	1.03	1.00	0.92	0.018	0.129	0.554	0.032
Met	0.31	0.28	0.34	0.27	0.015	0.847	0.075	0.542
Ile	0.88	0.91	0.89	0.80	0.017	0.096	0.336	0.028
Leu	1.54	1.59	1.58	1.44	0.031	0.319	0.467	0.073
Phe	0.94	0.95	0.96	0.88	0.016	0.365	0.252	0.120
Lys	1.70	1.79	1.76	1.60	0.035	0.301	0.511	0.039
TAA	18.2	18.7	18.6	17.2	0.365	0.430	0.505	0.131
EAA:TAA ratio	0.397	0.398	0.399	0.392	0.002	0.426	0.344	0.121
EAA:NEAA ratio	0.66	0.66	0.66	0.64	0.004	0.434	0.349	0.117

SEM, standard error of the mean; NEAA, non-essential amino acids; EAA, essential amino acids; TAA, total amino acids.

¹⁾SS, sweet sorghum silage; SSG, sweet sorghum silage+grapeseeds; SH, sweet sorghum hay; SHG, sweet sorghum hay+grapeseeds.

²⁾F, sweet sorghum forage (silage vs hay); G, grapeseeds (with vs without); F×G, the interaction between sweet sorghum forage and grapeseeds.