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. 2012 Nov;25(11):1559–1567. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2012.12213

Table 4.

Ruminal degradability of amino acids (g/kg amino acid) in hempseed cake, untreated (HC0) or moist heat treated at 110, 120 or 130°C

Amino acids Treatment
SEM Contrast (p)
HC0 HC110 HC120 HC130 T L Q
Alanine 785 737 534 410 54.4 0.016 0.010 0.476
Arginine 918 880 681 518 48.1 0.013 0.006 0.715
Aspartic acid 799 752 557 427 50.2 0.014 0.008 0.532
Cystine 975 964 862 727 25.9 0.021 0.006 0.625
Glutamic acid 887 843 641 497 45.3 0.011 0.006 0.556
Glycine 789 752 567 453 46.9 0.015 0.009 0.455
Histidine 848 803 595 452 36.7 0.008 0.004 0.466
Isoleucine 802 757 542 404 58.5 0.013 0.008 0.474
Leucine 789 742 539 406 52.3 0.014 0.008 0.504
Lysine 847 812 608 465 56.8 0.020 0.010 0.594
Methionine 944 938 838 777 77.7 0.139 0.065 0.719
Phenylalanine 739 691 508 389 53.4 0.016 0.011 0.526
Proline 772 727 559 446 46.4 0.013 0.008 0.519
Serine 826 779 587 464 51.0 0.020 0.013 0.544
Threonine 787 743 557 422 44.3 0.016 0.009 0.611
Tyrosine 864 830 627 483 63.8 0.020 0.010 0.596
Valine 776 731 521 394 53.5 0.013 0.008 0.419
Total amino acids 837 793 605 471 40.3 0.011 0.006 0.549

T = HC0 vs heat treated HC; L = Linear effect of temperature during heat treatment; Q = Quadratic effect of temperature during heat treatment.