Guanidine acetic acid supplementation altered plasma and tissue free amino acid profiles in finishing pigs

Table 1 Effects of guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) on growth performance in finishing pigs

Items	GAA, mg/kg				SEM	P-value
Items	0	500	1000	1500		ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
Initial weight, kg	86.91	86.50	86.44	86.50	3.99	1.000	0.943	0.954
Final weight, kg	127.5	126.51	131.28	125.25	4.44	0.799	0.922	0.579
Average daily gain, kg	0.97	0.95	1.07	0.92	0.05	0.238	0.937	0.223
Average daily feed intake, kg	3.16	3.39	3.52	3.15	0.16	0.289	0.877	0.070
Feed/gain	3.31	3.56	3.34	3.41	0.14	0.629	0.899	0.553

SEM standard error of the mean
Dietary treatments were: basal diet + 0, 500, 1000, and 1500 mg/kg GAA, respectively. n = 6

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