Table 1.

Analyzed nutrient composition of feed ingredients, as-fed basis

Item, %	Corn	Soybean meal	Pistachio shell powder	Soybean hulls
Dry matter	86.78	89.44	96.30	90.87
Gross energy, kcal/kg	3,796	4,257	4,379	3,806
Ash	0.95	6.15	0.29	5.05
Crude protein	6.03	45.16	1.69	11.16
Acid hydrolysis ether extract	3.36	2.13	1.72	4.26
Starch	61.88	3.60	ND1	0.23
Total dietary fiber	13.3	29.9	93.1	71.2
Soluble dietary fiber	2.8	8.6	1.2	11.3
Insoluble dietary fiber	10.5	21.2	91.9	59.9
Soluble nonstarch polysaccharide
Rhamnose	ND	0.03	0.02	0.30
Fucose	ND	0.03	ND	0.01
Arabinose	0.11	0.15	0.05	0.51
Xylose	0.06	ND	ND	ND
Mannose	0.16	0.31	0.27	2.06
Galactose	ND	0.29	0.09	1.15
Insoluble nonstarch polysaccharide
Rhamnose	ND	0.19	0.32	0.37
Fucose	ND	0.29	ND	0.21
Arabinose	1.37	2.12	0.48	3.86
Xylose	2.10	1.12	35.07	7.38
Mannose	0.14	0.71	0.10	3.32
Galactose	0.40	4.38	0.44	1.82
Glucose	0.95	0.31	1.65	1.74
Cellulose	1.90	3.42	25.78	30.99
Indispensable amino acids
Arginine	0.32	3.45	0.13	0.68
Histidine	0.19	1.28	0.03	0.34
Isoleucine	0.24	2.38	0.06	0.56
Leucine	0.72	3.73	0.09	0.90
Lysine	0.25	3.03	0.08	0.87
Methionine	0.14	0.66	0.02	0.14
Phenylalanine	0.30	2.49	0.06	0.53
Threonine	0.23	1.83	0.06	0.47
Tryptophan	0.05	0.70	<0.02	0.06
Valine	0.32	2.46	0.08	0.62
Total	2.76	22.01	0.63	5.17
Dispensable amino acids
Alanine	0.46	2.04	0.07	0.55
Aspartic acid	0.44	5.48	0.14	1.28
Cysteine	0.14	0.67	0.03	0.23
Glutamic acid	1.13	8.65	0.21	1.62
Glycine	0.27	1.99	0.07	0.91
Proline	0.55	2.44	0.10	0.67
Serine	0.28	1.94	0.07	0.58
Tyrosine	0.20	1.74	0.02	0.44
Total	3.47	24.95	0.71	6.28
Total amino acids	6.23	46.96	1.34	11.45
Minerals, %
Ca	<0.01	0.34	<0.01	0.86
P	0.04	0.73	<0.01	0.11
K	0.04	1.93	0.05	0.85
Mg	0.11	0.27	0.02	0.17
Na	<0.01	0.02	0.01	0.03

¹ND, not detectable.