Table 5. Effects of arginine and methionine supplementation on apparent ileal digestibility of amino acids in weaning pigs under heat stress condition
Items (%) | CON | Arginine (Arg) | Methionine (Met) | SE | p-value | p-value of contrast |
0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | Arg vs. Met | 0.2 vs. 0.4 |
Indispensable amino acid |
Arginine | 86.8 | 86.2 | 86.4 | 86.3 | 86.2 | 1.2 | 0.713 | 0.816 | 0.748 |
Histidine | 81.9 | 81.9 | 81.3 | 81.7 | 81.4 | 1.5 | 0.612 | 0.554 | 0.486 |
Isoleucine | 77.3 | 77.8 | 77.7 | 77.8 | 77.5 | 1.4 | 0.804 | 0.879 | 0.810 |
Leucine | 81.7 | 81.4 | 81.6 | 81.4 | 81.5 | 1.8 | 0.696 | 0.801 | 0.733 |
Lysine | 80.9 | 80.0 | 80.4 | 80.6 | 80.3 | 1.9 | 0.787 | 0.317 | 0.249 |
Phenylalanine | 80.3 | 80.3 | 80.4 | 80.3 | 80.3 | 0.9 | 0.682 | 0.863 | 0.795 |
Threonine | 69.8 | 70.1 | 70.3 | 70.7 | 70.4 | 1.1 | 0.480 | 0.308 | 0.608 |
Methionine | 83.9 | 82.6 | 83.8 | 81.9 | 82.3 | 1.2 | 0.024 | 0.039 | 0.592 |
Tryptophan | 80.4 | 80.3 | 80.1 | 82.1 | 81.7 | 2.0 | 0.771 | 0.793 | 0.725 |
Valine | 74.4 | 75.0 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 75.1 | 2.1 | 0.088 | 0.382 | 0.132 |
Dispensable amino acid |
Alanine | 73.5 | 73.1 | 73.4 | 72.9 | 71.5 | 1.4 | 0.341 | 0.340 | 0.366 |
Aspartic acid | 68.7 | 66.8 | 67.2 | 68.4 | 67.5 | 2.1 | 0.603 | 0.274 | 0.348 |
Cysteine | 69.6 | 71.2 | 70.4 | 71.1 | 69.6 | 1.5 | 0.305 | 0.248 | 0.194 |
Glutamic acid | 81.5 | 82.0 | 81.7 | 80.9 | 81.8 | 2.4 | 0.891 | 0.880 | 0.731 |
Glycine | 62.1 | 63.1 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 62.8 | 1.7 | 0.172 | 0.244 | 0.185 |
Proline | 68.6 | 67.7 | 68 | 68.8 | 67.9 | 2.0 | 0.573 | 0.765 | 0.780 |
Serine | 70.7 | 71.2 | 70.8 | 70.1 | 71.6 | 1.9 | 0.762 | 0.309 | 0.518 |
Tyrosine | 75.6 | 76.5 | 76.9 | 75.2 | 75.2 | 1.5 | 0.851 | 0.297 | 0.648 |
SE, standard error.