Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition

How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids (EffUEAA) can be applied in dairy cow nutrition is presented in this review. The concept of EffUEAA proposed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM, 2021) is first detailed. It represents the proportion of the...

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Main Authors: H. Lapierre, R. Martineau, M.D. Hanigan, D.R. Ouellet
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123001295
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R. Martineau
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description How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids (EffUEAA) can be applied in dairy cow nutrition is presented in this review. The concept of EffUEAA proposed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM, 2021) is first detailed. It represents the proportion of the metabolisable essential amino acids (mEAA) supply used to support protein secretions and accretions (scurf, metabolic fecal, milk and growth). For these processes, the efficiency of each individual EAA is variable, and considered to vary similarly for all the protein secretions and accretions. The anabolic process of gestation is ascribed to a constant efficiency (33%), whereas the efficiency of endogenous urinary loss (EndoUri) is set at 100%. Therefore, the NASEM model EffUEAA was calculated as the sum of EAA in the true protein of secretions and accretions divided by the available EAA (mEAA − EndoUri − gestation net true protein/0.33). In this paper, the reliability of this mathematical calculation was tested through an example where the experimental efficiency of His was calculated assuming that liver removal represents catabolism. The NASEM model and experimental efficiencies were in the same range and varied in similar manner. Assuming that the NASEM model EffUEAA reflects EAA metabolism in the dairy cow, its different applications were examined. In NASEM, target efficiencies were determined for each EAA: 75, 71, 73, 72, 73, 60, 64, 86 and 74% for His, Ile, Leu, Lys, Met, Phe, Thr, Trp, and Val, respectively. From these, recommendations for mEAA supply can be calculated as: [(secretions + accretions)/(target EffUEAA × 0.01) + EndoUri + gestation/0.33], assuming energy supply is adequate. In addition to NASEM propositions, equations to predict EffUEAA with precision and accuracy are detailed, using the ratio of (mEAA-EndoUri) to digestible energy intake, in a quadratic model that includes days in milk. Moreover, milk true protein yield predictions from predicted EffUEAA or efficiency of utilization of metabolisable protein are better than those from the multivariate equation of NASEM (2021) and superior to those predicted with a fixed efficiency. Finally, either the NASEM model or the predicted EffUEAA can be used to assess the responsiveness of a ration to supplementation with a single EAA. If the EffUEAA of the EAA to supplement is higher than the target EffUEAA, while the EffUEAA of the other EAA are lower than the target value, this suggests a potential improvement in milk true protein yield to supplementation with this EAA.
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spelling doaj.art-f1c5e7c5caa3433b927a926acbd6cace2023-09-17T04:55:59ZengElsevierAnimal1751-73112023-07-0117100833Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutritionH. Lapierre0R. Martineau1M.D. Hanigan2D.R. Ouellet3Sherbrooke R&D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2000 College Street, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0C8, Canada; Corresponding author.Sherbrooke R&D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2000 College Street, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0C8, CanadaDepartment of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USASherbrooke R&D Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2000 College Street, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 0C8, CanadaHow the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids (EffUEAA) can be applied in dairy cow nutrition is presented in this review. The concept of EffUEAA proposed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM, 2021) is first detailed. It represents the proportion of the metabolisable essential amino acids (mEAA) supply used to support protein secretions and accretions (scurf, metabolic fecal, milk and growth). For these processes, the efficiency of each individual EAA is variable, and considered to vary similarly for all the protein secretions and accretions. The anabolic process of gestation is ascribed to a constant efficiency (33%), whereas the efficiency of endogenous urinary loss (EndoUri) is set at 100%. Therefore, the NASEM model EffUEAA was calculated as the sum of EAA in the true protein of secretions and accretions divided by the available EAA (mEAA − EndoUri − gestation net true protein/0.33). In this paper, the reliability of this mathematical calculation was tested through an example where the experimental efficiency of His was calculated assuming that liver removal represents catabolism. The NASEM model and experimental efficiencies were in the same range and varied in similar manner. Assuming that the NASEM model EffUEAA reflects EAA metabolism in the dairy cow, its different applications were examined. In NASEM, target efficiencies were determined for each EAA: 75, 71, 73, 72, 73, 60, 64, 86 and 74% for His, Ile, Leu, Lys, Met, Phe, Thr, Trp, and Val, respectively. From these, recommendations for mEAA supply can be calculated as: [(secretions + accretions)/(target EffUEAA × 0.01) + EndoUri + gestation/0.33], assuming energy supply is adequate. In addition to NASEM propositions, equations to predict EffUEAA with precision and accuracy are detailed, using the ratio of (mEAA-EndoUri) to digestible energy intake, in a quadratic model that includes days in milk. Moreover, milk true protein yield predictions from predicted EffUEAA or efficiency of utilization of metabolisable protein are better than those from the multivariate equation of NASEM (2021) and superior to those predicted with a fixed efficiency. Finally, either the NASEM model or the predicted EffUEAA can be used to assess the responsiveness of a ration to supplementation with a single EAA. If the EffUEAA of the EAA to supplement is higher than the target EffUEAA, while the EffUEAA of the other EAA are lower than the target value, this suggests a potential improvement in milk true protein yield to supplementation with this EAA.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123001295Feed evaluation systemMilkPredictionProteinYield
spellingShingle H. Lapierre
R. Martineau
M.D. Hanigan
D.R. Ouellet
Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
Animal
Feed evaluation system
Milk
Prediction
Protein
Yield
title Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
title_full Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
title_fullStr Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
title_full_unstemmed Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
title_short Review: How the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
title_sort review how the efficiency of utilization of essential amino acids can be applied in dairy cow nutrition
topic Feed evaluation system
Milk
Prediction
Protein
Yield
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731123001295
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