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Effect on performance and carcass characteristics of nursery to finisher pigs fed reduced crude protein, amino acid-supplemented diets. 1995

B J Kerr, and F K McKeith, and R A Easter
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding reduced CP, amino acid (AA)-supplemented diets to pigs from weaning to slaughter weight on growth performance and carcass characteristics. Pigs were fed a 19%-16%-14% CP starter-grower-finisher high-CP sequence of diets, respectively, or a sequence of diets reduced in CP by 4 percentage units (3 percentage units in the finisher period) with or without lysine (LYS), tryptophan (TRP), and threonine (THR) supplementation. Pigs fed the low-CP diets without AA supplementation grew more slowly, were less efficient in feed conversion, and developed carcasses that contained a smaller longissimus muscle, greater, average backfat depths, and a lower percentage of muscle compared with pigs fed the high-CP sequence of diets (P < .01). The reduction in growth performance, feed efficiency, longissimus muscle area, and percentage of muscle in pigs fed the low-CP diets was alleviated by LYS, TRP, and THR supplementation (P > .10). Although pigs fed the low-CP diets supplemented with AA had reduced average and 10th rib backfat depths compared with pigs fed the unsupplemented, low-CP diets (P < .01), these fat depth measures remained greater (P < .05) than those of pigs fed the high-CP diets. Feeding reduced dietary CP, regardless of AA supplementation, resulted in reduced heart (P < .10) and liver weights (P < .01) compared with feeding the high-CP diets.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D008239 Lysine An essential amino acid. It is often added to animal feed. Enisyl,L-Lysine,Lysine Acetate,Lysine Hydrochloride,Acetate, Lysine,L Lysine
D008297 Male Males
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D001823 Body Composition The relative amounts of various components in the body, such as percentage of body fat. Body Compositions,Composition, Body,Compositions, Body
D001835 Body Weight The mass or quantity of heaviness of an individual. It is expressed by units of pounds or kilograms. Body Weights,Weight, Body,Weights, Body
D004032 Diet Regular course of eating and drinking adopted by a person or animal. Diets
D004044 Dietary Proteins Proteins obtained from foods. They are the main source of the ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS. Proteins, Dietary,Dietary Protein,Protein, Dietary
D005260 Female Females
D005527 Food, Fortified Any food that has been supplemented with essential NUTRIENTS either in quantities that are greater than those normally present, or which are not found in the food typically. Fortified food also includes food enriched by adding various nutrients to compensate for those removed by refinement or processing. (Modified from Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). Enriched Food,Food, Supplemented,Enriched Foods,Food, Enriched,Foods, Enriched,Foods, Fortified,Foods, Supplemented,Fortified Food,Fortified Foods,Supplemented Food,Supplemented Foods

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