The optimal true ileal digestible lysine and total sulfur amino acid requirement for nursery pigs between 20 and 50 lb (2005)

Authors

J D. Schneider
Michael D. Tokach
Robert D. Goodband
Jim L. Nelssen
Joel M. DeRouchey
Steven S. Dritz

Keywords

Swine day, 2005; Summary Publication of Report of Progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 964; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 06-63-S; Lysine; TSAA; Nursery pig; Swine

Abstract

An experiment involving 360 pigs (PIC, avg. BW = 22.0 lb) was conducted to determine the appropriate true ileal digestible (TID) lysine and total sulfur amino acid (TSAA) requirement of nursery pigs and, consequently, to determine the optimal TSAA:lysine ratio. This trial was organized as a combination of two simultaneous experiments, with one set of diets consisting of five increasing TID lysine concentrations (1.05, 1.15, 1.25, 1.35, and 1.45%) and the second set of diets consisting of five increasing TID TSAA concentrations (0.61, 0.69, 0.76, 0.83, and 0.90%). The highest concentrations of both lysine and TSAA (1.45% and 0.90%, respectively) were combined as one diet and used in both the lysine and TSAA titrations, to give a total of 10 treatments. Pigs were randomly allotted to eight replications, with five pigs per pen, on the basis of initial BW. Average daily gain and F/G improved (quadratic, P<0.01) with increasing TID lysine. The largest improvement in growth rate and feed efficiency for PIC pigs in these facilities occurred as the TID lysine increased to 1.25 and 1.35%, respectively; there was little improvement in performance thereafter. Increasing TID TSAA increased (quadratic, P<0.01) ADG and improved (quadratic, P<0.01) F/G, although the largest increases in ADG and F/G occurred as TID TSAA increased from 0.61 to 0.76%, with smaller improvements from 0.76 to 0.90%. Average daily gain and F/G values were plotted as the dependent variables in a regression analysis, with the TID lysine and TSAA concentrations on the Y axis. Regression analysis of the response surface resulted in an estimated TID TSAA-to-lysine ratio range of approximately 55 to 56% for optimal ADG and F/G.; Swine Day, 2005, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2005

Recommended Citation

Schneider, J D.; Tokach, Michael D.; Goodband, Robert D.; Nelssen, Jim L.; DeRouchey, Joel M.; and Dritz, Steven S. (2005) "The optimal true ileal digestible lysine and total sulfur amino acid requirement for nursery pigs between 20 and 50 lb (2005)," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.6812