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  • Title: Evaluation of the order of limitation of lysine, threonine, and valine, as determined by plasma urea nitrogen, in corn-soybean meal diets of lactating sows with high body weight loss.
    Author: Soltwedel KT, Easter RA, Pettigrew JE.
    Journal: J Anim Sci; 2006 Jul; 84(7):1734-41. PubMed ID: 16775057.
    Abstract:
    Three experiments were conducted to evaluate the order of limitation for Lys, Thr, and Val in corn-soybean meal diets of lactating sows experiencing high BW loss during lactation. Plasma urea N (PUN) was used as the response criterion. Experimental diets used in all 3 experiments were derived from the basal diet (BSL) formulated to 0.51% Lys using corn and soybean meal as the only sources of AA. The BSL diet was formulated by diluting a reference corn-soybean meal diet (17.2% CP, 0.90% Lys, 0.65% Thr, 0.82% Val, and 0.28% Met) with cornstarch, sucrose, and soybean oil to maintain the same ratio of corn to soybean meal. Experiment 1 was conducted to determine whether PUN is sensitive to dietary Thr and Val levels and whether a 4-d feeding period was adequate to observe a PUN response. The results demonstrated that PUN could be used as the response criterion and that a 4-d feeding period was adequate. Experiment 2 was conducted to determine whether Thr or Val was most limiting in the BSL diet. Dietary treatments used in Exp. 2 consisted of 1) BSL supplemented with 0.09% L-Lys and 0.02% DL-Met, which served as the negative control (NC2); 2) NC2 plus 0.14% L-Thr (NC2 + T); 3) NC2 plus 0.17% L-Val (NC2 + V); and 4) NC2 plus 0.14% L-Thr and 0.17% L-Val (NC2 + T + V). The value for PUN was lower for the NC2 + T and NC + T + V treatments compared with the NC2 and NC2 + V treatments (5.18 and 5.33 vs. 6.43 and 6.62; P < 0.01), indicating that Thr was most limiting in the NC2 diet. Experiment 3 was conducted to determine whether Thr or Lys was most limiting in the BSL diet. Dietary treatments used in Exp. 3 consisted of 1) the BSL diet supplemented with 0.02% DL-Met only, which served as the negative control diet (NC3); 2) the NC3 diet supplemented with 0.20% L-Lys (NC3 + L); 3) the NC3 diet supplemented with 0.14% L-Thr (NC3 + T); and 4) the NC3 diet supplemented with 0.20% L-Lys and 0.14% L-Thr (NC3 + L + T). The value for PUN was lower for NC3 + L compared with NC3 and NC3 + T (7.45 vs. 9.11 and 8.45 mg/dL; P < 0.01), and PUN for NC3 + L + T was lower than the PUN measured for NC3 + L (5.94 vs. 7.45; P < 0.01). The results of Exp. 2 and 3 indicate that Lys was first-limiting and Thr second-limiting in the BSL diet.
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