Amino acid composition of whole body, egg and selected tissues of white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)

Aquaculture ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 329-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wing Keong Ng ◽  
Silas S.O. Hung
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
White Sturgeon ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Acipenser Transmontanus

The amino acid requirements of pigs for maintenance and for growth

1987 ◽  
Vol 1987 ◽  
pp. 60-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.F. Fuller ◽  
R. McWilliam ◽  
T.C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Optimal Balance ◽  
Growing Pig ◽  
Amino Acid Requirements ◽  
Direct Experiment ◽  
Better Than

The optimal balance of amino acids in the diet of the growing pig was estimated by ARC (1981) on the basis of a number of disparate studies augmented by data on the amino acid composition of the whole body on the premise that the amino acids incorporated into accreted body proteins are the major determinant of requirements and that this pattern is not distorted by inequalities in the utilisation of individual amino acids. In an accompanying paper (Wang & Fuller, paper no. 91) an optimal pattern was derived by direct experiment which was shown to be utilised better than that described by ARC (1981). That pattern, however, which related to one particular rate of nitrogen input and the particular rate of protein accretion which that input supported, includes two components, a requirement for maintenance and a requirement for protein accretion. There is clear evidence from studies with rats and chicks that the optimal pattern of amino acids for maintenance and growth are quite different and so the optimal pattern for any particular rate of growth will depend on the relative contributions of the two components. The purpose of this experiment was to estimate both.

Amino acid requirements of the growing meat rabbit 1. The amino acid composition of rabbit whole-body tissue — a theoretical estimate of ideal amino acid balance

1988 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Moughan ◽  
W. H. Schultze ◽  
W. C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Essential Amino Acid ◽  
Theoretical Estimate ◽  
Body Tissue ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Methionine Concentration ◽  
Amino Acid Requirements ◽  
Amino Acid Balance

ABSTRACTWhole-body amino acid composition was determined in six male and six female 53-day-old New Zealand White rabbits. There were no significant sex differences in whole-body amino acid compositition except for arginine and glycine where whole-body concentrations (g/16 g N) were significantly lower in the females (P < 0·05). Overall mean whole-body essential amino acid levels (relative to lysine = 100 units) were methionine = 20; cystine = 41; histidine = 50; phenylalanine = 65; tyrosine = 50; threonine = 64; leucine = 112; isoleucine = 51; valine = 62; arginine = 109. The lysine concentration of rabbit whole-body tissue was 6·12 g/16 g N. There was close agreement between rabbit whole-body amino acid composition and corresponding published values for the rat and pig, although the rabbit whole-body cystine was high and methionine concentration low compared with the rat or pig. The rabbit whole-body amino acid pattern can be regarded as approximating an ideal balance of dietary amino acids and as such indicates discrepancies in current recommendations on the essential amino acid requirements for growth in the meat rabbit.

A note on the effect of dietary protein concentration, sex, type and live weight on whole-body amino acid composition of the growing pig

1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 631-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Kemm ◽  
F. K. Siebrits ◽  
Penelope M. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Composition ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Dietary Protein ◽  
Protein Concentration ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Essential Amino Acids ◽  
Growing Pigs ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Sex Type

Seventy-two Landrace pigs were used to study the effects of dietary crude protein concentration (197, 168 and 137 g/kg air dry meal), sex, type and live weight on the whole- body (gut content included) amino acid composition of growing pigs. Boars and gilts from two types (lean and obese) slaughtered at 20, 30 or 90 kg live weight were used. Mean whole-body amino acid concentrations were: lysine 63·4; methionine 21·8; cystine 15·8; threonine 35·1; leucine 67·7; isoleucine 28·0; valine 40·5; phenylalanine 35·5; tyrosine 24·6 and histidine 26·8 g/kg protein. Dietary protein concentration had no effect on body amino acid composition. Boar values tended to be higher than those of gilts but there were no significant differences. Pigs of the obese type also tended to have higher values than lean pigs, with significant differences obtained for methionine, cystine, leucine, and isoleucine. Apart from cystine, live weight had no effect on whole-body amino acid composition, Cystine content however, decreased highly significantly from 17·1 g/kg protein at 30 kg live weight to 14·3 g at 90 kg live weight P (P < 0·001). When compared with the suggested ideal pattern for essential amino acids leucine and histidine values are higher and isoleucine slightly lower, with no conclusive indication on methionine and cystine.

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