Amino acid requirement of growing pigs depending on amino acid efficiency and level of protein deposition 1st communication: lysine

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the variability of efficiency of lysine utilisation in different feed proteins for growing pigs including wheat, unprocessed soybean flakes (SF), hydrothermal processed SF, corn gluten meal (CGM), two batches of soybean protein concentrate (SPC-1, SPC-2), different batches of peas (Pisum sativum) and field beans (Vicia faba). Data about efficiency of lysine are important for further conclusions related to lysine requirement in dependence on level of daily protein deposition. In N-balance studies 161 growing barrows (40–65 kg BW) of the genotype [Piétrain×(Duroc×Landrace)] were randomly allotted into 23 experimental treatments (n=7) with diets in which lysine was the first limiting amino acid. Data from the N-balance trials were used to calculate efficiency of lysine and consequently lysine requirement based on an exponential N-utilisation model. Results from the present studies indicate that efficiency of lysine in different feed proteins varies in a very wide range and this variation greatly affected the calculated lysine requirement. Therefore, the variation in efficiency of lysine should be taken into account in requirement calculations and consequently in diet formulation for pigs. The results of model calculation for the lysine requirement depending on daily protein deposition (130, 145 and 160 g/d) and efficiency of lysine are given for different standards for comparison (g·kg^−0.67·d⁻¹, g·d⁻¹ and percentage of lysine in the diet). The calculated lysine requirement of growing barrows (50 kg BW) corresponding to an average lysine efficiency was 15.5, 18.0 and 21.1 g/d for daily protein deposition of 130, 145 and 160 g, respectively. The results of the model calculation for 145 or 160 g daily protein deposition are in agreement with actual studies and recommendations of NRC (1998) and DLG (2002) for lysine supply.

Keywords:

• Pigs
• Protein sources
• Protein value
• Limiting amino acids
• Lysine
• Efficiency
• Requirement