Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 55 ›› Issue (6): 2498-2509.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2024.06.021

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Effects of Low Protein Diet Supplemented with Rumen-protected Amino Acids on Growth Performance, Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Meat Quality of Hulun Buir Sheep

Zhibin LUO1,2(), Huimin OU1,2, Jianzhong LI2, Zhiliang TAN1, Jinzhen JIAO1,*()   

  1. 1. Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Nutritional Physiology and Metabolic Process, National Engineering Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Utilization Technology of Livestock and Poultry Breeding, Key Laboratory of Subtropical Agricultural Ecological Process, Institute of Subtropical Agricultural Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China
    2. Hunan Key Laboratory of Animal Intestinal Function, College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
  • Received:2023-08-25 Online:2024-06-23 Published:2024-06-28
  • Contact: Jinzhen JIAO E-mail:1851375407@qq.com;jjz@isa.ac.cn

Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary rumen-protected lysine (RPLys) and rumen-protected methionine (RPMet) supplemented in low-protein diet on growth performance, nutrient apparent digestibility, serum biochemistry and meat quality of Hulun Buir sheep. Sixteen 2.5-month-old weaned healthy lambs were randomly divided into two groups evenly: control group (fed low protein diet with crude protein content of 7.84%) and treatment group (supplemented with 10 g·d-1 RPMet and 15 g·d-1 RPLys on the basis of low protein diet). The pretrial period lasted for 7 d and the experimental period lasted for 56 d. The results showed that: 1)The average daily feed intake of treatment group was significantly lower (P < 0.05), but its average daily height increase was significantly higher (P < 0.05), and feed to gain ratio of treatment group was lower than that of control group. 2) There was no significant difference in slaughter performance or nutrient apparent digestibility between two groups (P > 0.05). 3) The contents of total protein (TP), albumin (ALB), creatinine (CREA), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and low density lipoprotein (LDL) in the serum of treatment group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05), and the content of free fatty acid (NEFA) was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than that of the control group. 4) There was no significant difference in meat color, conventional nutrients, the composition and content of fatty acid between the two groups (P > 0.05). The content of threonine (Thr) in muscle of treatment group was significantly higher (P < 0.05), and the contents of isoleucine (Ile), leucine (Leu), tyrosine (Tyr) were significantly lower than those of the control group (P < 0.05). The proportion of flavor amino acids and essential amino acids in total amino acids (DAA/TAA, EAA/TAA) in muscle of treatment group were significantly higher (P < 0.05), and the ratio of essential amino acids to non-essential amino acids (EAA/NAA) was significantly higher than those of the control group (P < 0.05). In conclusion, under the condition of the current experiment, adding 10 g·d-1 RPMet and 15 g·d-1 RPLys into the low protein diet has a positive effect on the growth and development of Hulun Buir sheep, and without affecting its nutrient digestibility and slaughter performance. It can also increase the proportion of delicious amino acids and essential amino acids in muscle and improve muscle quality.

Key words: low-protein diet, rumen-protected amino acid, Hulun Buir sheep, growth performance, serum biochemistry, meat quality

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