Table 2.
Nutrient composition1 of protein meals, used in digestibility assays (as-fed basis)
| Nutrient (%) | Ingredients | |||||
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| Sunflower meal | Guar meal | Cotton seed meal | Fish meal | Soybean meal (India) | Soybean meal (Argentine) | |
| Moisture | 6.85±1.75 | 5.05±0.33 | 6.83±0.26 | 11.06±2.41 | 8.14±0.52 | 7.86±0.27 |
| Crude protein | 27.07±1.91 | 40.46±0.39 | 37.85±4.83 | 44.92±2.35 | 50.70±0.16 | 46.38±0.30 |
| Ether extract | 0.75±0.26 | 5.35±0.23 | 1.88±1.68 | 17.76±4.17 | 0.53±0.15 | 1.18±0.15 |
| Crude fiber | 24.81±3.55 | 13.06±0.46 | 13.87±3.65 | - | 5.08±1.02 | 3.66±0.40 |
| Ash | 6.51±0.74 | 5.75±0.29 | 6.71±0.46 | 23.58±3.95 | 7.39±0.14 | 6.57±0.15 |
| Acid insoluble ash | 1.93±0.86 | 1.26±0.32 | 0.48±0.12 | 10.97±1.74 | 1.15±0.20 | 1.02±0.08 |
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Data were average of three samples of each feed ingredient.