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Determination of the optimum dietary lysine concentration for growing pigs housed in pairs and in groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

M. K. O'Connell ,
P. B. Lynch  and
J. V. O'Doherty
M. K. O'Connell
Affiliation:
Pig Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland Department of Animal Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
P. B. Lynch
Affiliation:
Pig Production Department, Teagasc, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
J. V. O'Doherty*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
*
†Corresponding author. E-mail: john.vodoherty@ucd.ie
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Abstract

Three 28-day trials were carried out to determine the optimum dietary lysine concentration for growing pigs between 20 and 68 kg. There were 96 pairs of pigs in experiment 1 (20 to 41 kg), 72 pairs in experiment 2 (40 to 68 kg) and 42 groups (14 per group) in exp. 3 (40 to 62 kg). All experiments were arranged as randomized complete block designs, blocked on the basis of sex and start weight. Treatments consisted of isoenergetic (13·8 MJ digestible energy per kg) diets with increasing lysine concentrations. Dietary lysine concentrations were 9·7, 10·7, 11·6, 12·5, 13·5 and 14·4 g/kg (experiment 1) and 9·0, 9·9, 11·0, 12·1, 13·1 and 14·1 g/kg (experiments 2 and 3). Response curves were fitted to the data to determine the optimum dietary lysine concentration for maximum average daily gain (ADG) and minimum food conversion ratio (FCR). In experiment 1, ADG and FCR responded quadratically to dietary lysine content (P < 0·01 and P < 0·05). Male pigs had better FCR and lysine conversion ratio (LCR) than female pigs (P < 0·05). In experiment 2, there was a quadratic effect of increasing dietary lysine concentration on FCR (P < 0·05). Male pigs had lower daily food intake (DFI, P < 0·01) and daily lysine intake (DLYIN, P < 0·01) and had better FCR (P < 0·01) and LCR (P < 0·01) than female pigs. In experiment 3, there was a quadratic effect of increasing lysine concentration on FCR (P < 0·05). Male pigs had better FCR and LCR (P < 0·05) than female pigs. In all experiments, increasing dietary lysine concentration resulted in an increase in DLYIN and a deterioration in LCR (all linear, P < 0·001). Regression analysis predicted optimum dietary lysine concentrations for maximum ADG at 13·1 and 12·7 g lysine per kg in experiments 1 and 2, and minimum FCR at lysine concentrations of 14·6, 12·2 and 12·7 g/kg for experiments 1, 2 and 3 respectively. In conclusion, the optimum dietary lysine concentration for maximum ADG and minimum FCR could be predicted using quadratic models and although males had better FCR than females, optimum dietary lysine concentrations were similar for both sexes.

Keywords

lysinepigs
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Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , October 2005 , pp. 249 - 255
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2005

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