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The influence of short-term feeding of amino acid-deficient diets and high dietary leucine levels on the intramuscular fat content of pig muscle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

F. Cisneros ,
M. Ellis ,
D. H. Baker ,
R. A. Easter  and
F. K. McKeith
F. Cisneros
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
M. Ellis
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
D. H. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
R. A. Easter
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
F. K. McKeith
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of amino acid-deficient diets and high dietary leucine levels offered for intervals of either 21 or 35 days pre-slaughter on the intramuscular fat content of pig muscle. Twenty-four hybrid gilts were offered individually ad libitum one of four diets that comprised combinations of amino acid levels (supplemented or deficient: 5·6 v. 4·0 g lysine per kg) and low or high leucine levels (10·3 v. 30·3 g leucine per kg). Live weights at the start of the study were 74·5 and 87·0 kg for pigs on the 35- and 21-day feeding regimens, respectively. There were no significant effects of dietary amino acid level, leucine level, or feeding interval on food intake, daily live-weight gain or food efficiency. Pigs given the amino acid-deficient diets had lower killing-out proportions (736 v. 747 (s.e. 3·4) g/kg; P < 0·05) and longissimus dorsi muscle areas (32·6 v. 35·7 (s.e. 0·71) cm2, P < 0·01) than those given amino acid-supplemented diets. Subjective score for longissimus dorsi colour indicated that pigs on the high leucine diet had darker muscle than those on the low leucine diet. Intramuscular fat contents of the longissimus dors i muscle at the Wth/llth rib and the 3rd/4th lumbar vertebra and of the semimembranosu s muscle were increased by 19, 18 and 18 g/kg, respectively (P < 0·05), for pigs given amino acid-deficient compared with those given amino acid-supplemented diets. Dietary leucine level had no significant effect on intramuscular fat level. Pigs given the diets for 35, compared with 21, days had higher fat levels in the semimembranosu s muscle (52 v. 30 (s.e. 5·2) g/kg; P < 0·01) but not in the other two muscle locations studied. This study suggests that relatively short-term feeding of amino acid-deficient diets can produce substantial increases in intramuscular fat levels.

Keywords

amino acidfat (intramuscular)leucinepigs
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Research Article
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Animal Science , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , December 1996 , pp. 517 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1996

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