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Methionine Requirement of the Finishing Pig

University of Illinois^,4, Urbana 61801

Abstract

Two pig experiments were conducted using a methionine (Met)-deficient feather meal-corn-soybean meal basal diet (13% CP; 3,400 kcal ME/kg diet, .126% Met, .456% cystine) supplemented with an amino acid mixture (lysine, tryptophan, histidine, threonine and phenylalanine) to determine the Met requirement of finishing pigs between 50 and 80 kg live weight. Using young chicks in a Met bioavailability growth assay and cecectomized adult cockerels in a Met digestibility assay, the Met-deficient basal diet was found to contain .115% bioavailable and .110% digestible Met. These results gave a bioavailability estimate (relative to DL-Met set at 100%) of 91.3 ± 2.5% and a true digestibility estimate of 87.0 ± 2.2% for Met in the basal pig diet In Exp. 1, 21 crossbred pigs averaging 61 kg initially were individually fed diets containing .115, .165 or .215% bioavailable Met for 21 d. Average daily gain and gain:feed ratio increased quadratically (P < .05) as level of Met increased. In Exp. 2, 30 crossbred pigs averaging 53 kg were individually fed diets containing .115, .135, .155, .175 or .195% bioavailable Met for 27 d. Daily gain and gain:feed ratio responded linearly (P < .01) as Met level increased. Based on the results of Exp. 2, the bioavailable Met requirement of finishing pigs in the weight range 50 to 80 kg was estimated to be .182% of the diet. Assuming an 88% bioavailability of Met in commercial diets based on corn and soybean meal, the total Met level needed in practice would be .207%. If 55% of the finishing pig's sulfur amino acid need can be furnished by cystine, the total sulfur amino acid requirement would be .45% of the diet.

¹ Present address: Purina Italia, Milano, Italy.

² Present address: Ajinomoto Co., Inc. 5-8, Kyobashi, 1 Chome, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104 Japan.

³ To whom reprint requests should be addressed.

⁴ Dept. of Anim. Sci., supported in part by the Illinois Agric. Exp. Sta. (Project No. 1-6-53759), by Moorman Mfg. Co., Quincy, IL., and by the Commodity Credit Corp., Washington, DC. Appreciation is expressed also to Degussa Corp., Allendale, NJ and Biokyowa Corp., St. Louis, MO for their contribution of amino acids.