This study evaluated the effects of valine and isoleucine supplementation in low-crude-protein (CP) diets on performance, serum parameters, and carcass traits in growing gilts. Two-hundred gilts (29.1 ± 1.7 kg) were allotted randomly to one of five diets that included a control CP (177 g kg-1) or four low-CP (135 g kg-1) diets for 45 d. The low-CP diets were added with lysine + threonine + methionine (LCM), LCM+ tryptophan (LCT), LCT + valine (LCV), or LCV + isoleucine (LCI), respectively. Non significant difference in average daily gain was obtained in gilts receiving the control, LCV, or LCI diets, which was higher than that of pigs fed the LCM or LCT diets (P < 0.05). The supplementation of crystalline tryptophan, valine, and isoleucine improved the average daily feed intake and serum levels of total protein, tryptophan, and isoleucine (linear and quadratic effects, P < 0.05) and serum valine concentration (linear effect, P < 0.05). The results indicated that the valine supplementation, or the both combination of valine and isoleucine, could further improve the performance in 29–62 kg gilts fed the 135 g kg-1 CP diet.
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22 July 2019
Valine and isoleucine supplementation improve performance and serum biochemical concentrations in growing gilts fed low-protein diets
Wenfeng Ma,
Pei Mao,
Wenna Fan,
Yanzhi Zhu,
Liang Guo
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growing gilts
isoleucine
low-protein
valine