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* Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801 and
and
USDA, ARS, Ames, Iowa 50011
2 Correspondence:
290 ASL, 1207 W. Gregory Dr. (phone:217-333-0243; fax:217-333-7861; E-mail:
dhbaker{at}uiuc.edu).
Three pig bioassays and two digestibility trials were conducted to determine the true digestible Ile requirement for maximal weight gain and minimal plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) of growing (25 to 45 kg) pigs. In Exp. 1, an Ile-deficient basal diet was developed and confirmed to be markedly deficient in Ile, yet fully efficacious when fortified with surfeit Ile. This diet contained corn, red blood cells, and soybean meal as Ile sources, and was analyzed to contain 15.5% crude protein, 0.34% Ile, and 0.95% lysine; metabolizable energy was calculated to be 3,430 kcal/kg. True digestibility of Ile in the basal diet was 89% based on digestibility trials in ileal-cannulated pigs and cecectomized roosters. The first growth trial (Exp. 2) involved six dose levels of true digestible Ile (0.38 to 0.58%), which resulted in a quadratic (P < 0.02) response in weight gain by growing pigs over a 21-d period. The weight-gain data were fitted to both a single-slope broken line and a quadratic fit, and when the quadratic response curve was superimposed on the broken line, the point at which the quadratic curve first intersected the plateau of the broken line occurred at 0.50% true digestible Ile. This (objective) requirement estimate was similar to that determined by taking 90% of the upper asymptote of the quadratic fitted line. In Exp. 3, a replicated 5 x 5 Latin square, five barrows (square 1) and five gilts (square 2) together with five 4-d feeding periods and five levels of true digestible Ile were utilized. A linear (P < 0.01) decrease in PUN occurred as Ile was incremented, with an apparent plateau occurring at 0.50% true digestible Ile. The results of these experiments suggest that the true digestible Ile requirement of grower (25 to 45 kg) pigs is 0.50% of the diet, or 1.46 g/Mcal of metabolizable energy, somewhat higher than the 1.38 g/Mcal metabolizable energy estimated by the 1998 National Research Council Subcommittee on Swine Nutrition.
Key Words: Growth • Isoleucine • Nutrient Requirements • Pigs
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