Table 6. Analysis of free amino acids in breast meat from pig skin collagen-fed broilers (%)
Treatments | NC | PC | T1 | T2 | T3 |
Cysteine | 0.266 | 0.249 | 0.251 | 0.263 | 0.265 |
Methionine | 0.575 | 0.509 | 0.536 | 0.553 | 0.557 |
Aspartic acid | 2.115 | 1.957 | 2.021 | 2.107 | 2.078 |
Threonine | 1.027 | 0.957 | 0.983 | 1.027 | 1.011 |
Serine | 0.899 | 0.862 | 0.864 | 0.909 | 0.893 |
Glutamic acid | 3.322 | 3.108 | 3.140 | 3.323 | 3.281 |
Glycine | 0.952 | 0.907 | 0.925 | 0.955 | 0.949 |
Alanine | 1.301 | 1.196 | 1.245 | 1.287 | 1.276 |
Valine | 1.059 | 0.954 | 1.004 | 1.039 | 1.031 |
Isoleucine | 1.026 | 0.918 | 0.956 | 1.004 | 0.998 |
Leucine | 1.905 | 1.735 | 1.805 | 1.879 | 1.859 |
Tyrosine | 0.724 | 0.657 | 0.684 | 0.712 | 0.704 |
Phenylalanine | 0.900 | 0.845 | 0.859 | 0.896 | 0.891 |
Lysine | 2.123 | 1.883 | 1.988 | 2.049 | 2.026 |
Histidine | 0.837 | 0.726 | 0.693 | 0.707 | 0.697 |
Arginine | 1.500 | 1.339 | 1.404 | 1.474 | 1.457 |
Proline | 0.778 | 0.713 | 0.739 | 0.750 | 0.749 |
NC, basal diet; PC, basal diet+0.1% fish collagen powder; T1, basal diet+0.1% collagen; T2, basal diet+0.5% collagen; T3, basal diet+1.0% collagen.