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Table 4 Ingredients and chemical, amino acid and fatty acid compositions of experimental diets1−4

From: Arginine supplementation modulates pig plasma lipids, but not hepatic fatty acids, depending on dietary protein level with or without leucine

 

Control

Arginine

Diets

NPD

RPD

RPDL

NPD

RPD

RPDL

Ingredients (%)

 Maize

62.9

67.3

75.0

63.7

72.3

74.5

 Barley

10.0

15.0

8.00

10.0

10.0

10.0

 Soybean meal

18.9

10.9

9.60

16.3

7.80

7.2

 Sunflower meal

1.64

0.44

-

4.56

4.66

1.98

 Soybean oil

1.15

0.98

0.99

1.06

0.88

0.85

 Calcium carbonate

0.73

0.73

0.71

0.72

0.70

0.71

 Bi-calcium phosphate

1.21

1.32

1.38

1.22

1.35

1.39

 Sodium bicarbonate

0.11

0.01

-

0.14

0.06

0.07

 Salt

0.35

0.43

0.44

0.33

0.39

0.38

 L-Lys

0.30

0.12

0.17

0.34

0.17

0.21

 L-Met

0.06

-

-

0.06

-

-

 L-Thr

0.07

-

-

0.08

-

-

 L-Ala

2.05

2.05

2.05

-

-

-

 L-Arg

-

-

-

1.00

1.00

1.00

 L-Leu

-

0.17

1.14

-

0.17

1.17

 Vitamin-trace mineral premix

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

0.40

 Acid mixture

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.10

 Antioxidant mixture

0.005

0.005

0.005

0.005

0.005

0.005

Chemical composition (% diet)

 DM

87.5

87.7

87.8

87.7

87.7

87.9

 Crude protein

16.0

13.1

13.1

15.9

12.9

12.7

 Starch

38.3

42.6

42.5

38.5

42.5

43.1

 Crude fat

3.36

3.46

3.54

3.46

3.46

3.56

 Crude fibre

4.38

3.22

3.06

4.66

4.20

3.36

 Ash

3.88

3.78

3.78

4.16

3.98

3.80

 Ca

0.66

0.73

0.75

0.59

0.68

0.71

 P

0.49

0.51

0.52

0.51

0.52

0.52

 ME (MJ ME/kg)

13.8

14.1

14.3

13.9

14.1

14.3

Amino acid composition (% diet)

 Ala

3.13

3.25

3.52

0.16

0.51

0.33

 Arg

1.05

0.83

0.49

1.84

1.60

1.56

 Asp

0.49

0.35

0.31

0.45

0.38

0.30

 Glu

2.07

1.54

1.38

1.82

1.59

1.34

 Gly

0.43

0.35

0.41

0.63

0.43

0.41

 His

2.02

1.21

0.92

1.27

1.02

0.90

 Ile

0.45

0.32

0.38

0.50

0.35

0.35

 Leu

1.01

0.93

1.51

0.95

0.94

1.74

 Lys

0.84

0.47

0.45

0.70

0.43

0.43

 Met

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.06

0.18

0.10

 Phe

0.68

0.47

0.28

0.39

0.33

0.31

 Pro

0.83

0.79

0.61

0.85

0.96

0.89

 Ser

0.81

0.67

0.61

0.78

0.63

0.57

 Thr

0.17

0.10

0.12

0.20

0.19

0.18

 Tyr

0.31

0.20

0.18

0.24

0.17

0.13

 Val

0.70

0.56

0.44

0.57

0.47

0.45

Fatty acid composition (% total fatty acids)

 16:0

15.0

15.3

14.9

15.0

15.0

14.9

 18:0

2.72

2.47

2.65

2.58

2.43

2.38

 18:1c9

24.9

25.0

25.8

24.9

25.4

25.6

 18:1c11

1.05

0.97

0.98

1.01

0.95

0.94

 18:2n-6

53.0

53.1

52.8

53.2

53.4

53.3

 18:3n-3

3.32

3.10

2.85

3.22

2.77

2.77

  1. 1 NPD normal protein diet, RPD reduced protein diet, RPDL reduced protein diet with leucine addition;
  2. 2As-fed basis;
  3. 3 ME metabolisable energy;
  4. 4The list of fatty acids and amino acids presented contains most relevant and usually published.