Table 4. Effect of supplemental protease on the ATTD of amino acids with different CP levels in weaned pig at 7 days

Variables Basal1) Low SE CP PT2) p-value
0% 0.1% 0% 0.1% HP LP 0 10 CP PT CP × PT
Indispensable amino acids (%)
 Threonine 74.94 74.89 76.04 73.92 1.58 74.92 74.98 75.49 74.41 0.967 0.511 0.530
 Valine 73.93 74.35 75.61 73.28 1.90 74.14 74.45 74.77 73.82 0.877 0.629 0.488
 Isoleucine 73.88 74.69 76.19 74.32 1.87 74.29 75.26 75.04 74.51 0.620 0.784 0.493
 Leucine 79.20 80.28 79.45 79.14 1.19 79.74 79.30 79.33 79.71 0.720 0.757 0.577
 Phenylalanine 79.83 80.75 79.72 79.79 1.25 80.29 79.76 79.78 80.27 0.683 0.701 0.743
 Histidine 88.26 88.88 85.37 88.16 1.52 88.57 86.77 86.82 88.52 0.269 0.293 0.495
 Lysine 78.37 78.40 77.82 76.60 1.74 78.39 77.21 78.10 77.50 0.520 0.741 0.728
 Arginine 90.00 90.60 86.38 89.63 1.71 90.30 88.01 88.19 90.12 0.217 0.294 0.460
 Methionine 75.24 74.18 82.33 83.09 1.73 74.71 82.71 78.79 78.64 0.002 0.934 0.616
 Tryptophan 81.15 82.77 77.38 77.18 1.63 81.96 77.28 79.27 79.98 0.021 0.067 0.594
 Total 79.64 80.20 79.67 79.48 1.24 79.92 79.58 79.66 79.84 0.787 0.886 0.771
Dispensable amino acids (%)
 Aspartic acid 79.60 79.64 79.13 78.34 1.25 79.62 78.74 79.37 78.99 0.498 0.772 0.750
 Serine 83.95 84.43 81.97 82.98 1.07 84.19 82.48 82.96 83.71 0.147 0.508 0.809
 Glutamic acid 84.50 85.14 82.75 84.02 1.16 84.82 83.39 83.63 84.58 0.248 0.432 0.792
 Proline 84.61 85.47 83.20 84.28 1.22 85.04 83.74 83.91 84.88 0.317 0.451 0.930
 Glycine 73.30 73.10 74.34 71.61 2.28 73.20 72.98 73.82 72.36 0.923 0.947 0.596
 Alanine 69.09 69.45 71.92 67.96 2.73 69.27 69.94 70.51 68.71 0.512 0.528 0.451
 Tyrosine 75.84 76.80 76.07 74.85 1.95 76.32 75.46 75.96 75.83 0.671 0.948 0.590
 Cysteine 83.87 84.20 82.18 81.82 1.16 84.04 82.00 83.03 83.01 0.117 0.992 0.775
 Total 80.71 81.15 80.02 79.84 1.16 80.93 79.93 80.37 80.50 0.410 0.912 0.797
Basal, diet containing 18.78% CP; Low, diet containing 16.92% CP.
PT0, non-supplementation of protease; PT10, supplementation of 0.1% protease.
ATTD, apparent total tract digestibility; CP, crude protein; PT, protease; HP, high protein; LP, low crude protein.