Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 8 2319-2328, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Estimation by regression analysis of endogenous amino acid levels in digesta collected from the distal ileum of pigs

M. Z. Fan, W. C. Sauer and M. I. McBurney
Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

An experiment was conducted to estimate by simple linear regression the levels of endogenous amino acids in digesta collected from the distal ileum in pigs. Six barrows, average initial BW 35 kg, were fitted with a simple T-cannula at the distal ileum and fed six diets according to a 6 x 6 Latin square design. Six cornstarch-based diets containing six levels of CP from soybean meal (4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24% CP, respectively) were formulated. Chromic oxide (.4%) was included as the digestibility marker. Each experimental period consisted of 8 d. Ileal digesta were collected, at 2-h intervals, for a total of 24 h during d 7 and 8. There were linear relationships (P < .001) between dietary contents of apparent ileal digestible and total amino acids, irrespective of the ranges in graded dietary levels of amino acids. Determined with the regression technique, the endogenous levels of the indispensable amino acids (grams/kilogram of DMI) were as follows: arginine, .64; histidine, .23; isoleucine, .46; leucine, .69; lysine, .47; methionine, .13; phenylalanine, .31; threonine, .69; and valine, .54. Differences in the ranges of graded dietary levels of amino acids resulted in large differences in the estimated amounts of endogenous amino acids in ileal digesta. Furthermore, it seems that the levels of endogenous amino acids, as grams/kilogram of DMI, were constant at different dietary levels of amino acids, whereas the contributions of endogenous amino acids, as percentages of their dietary contents, decreased curvilinearly with increasing dietary contents. Therefore, apparent ileal digestibilities of amino acids were quadratically related to their dietary contents until plateau digestibilities were reached, whereas the true ileal digestibilities of amino acids were independent of their respective dietary contents. Furthermore, true ileal amino acid digestibilities should be determined from their corresponding plateau apparent ileal digestibilities. In conclusion, the levels of endogenous amino acids in ileal digesta can be determined reliably from the linear relationships between dietary contents of apparent ileal digestible and total amino acids. An important methodological consideration in the determination of endogenous amino acids by regression analysis is to design an appropriate range of graded dietary levels of amino acids.

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