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.