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. 2018 May 26;96(8):3112–3120. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky208

Table 1.

Analyzed nutrient content of the test diet

Nutrient Analyzed content
Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg (calculated)1 3,730
DM, % 93.0
CP, % 10.69
Arg, % 1.16
His, % 0.522
Ile, % 0.656
Leu, % 0.906
Lys, % 0.694
Met, % 0.487
Cys, % 0.947
Phe, % 0.243
Tyr, % 0.412
Thr, % 0.685
Trp, % 0.170
Val, % 0.560

Arg = arginine; Cys = cysteine; His = histidine; Ile = isoleucine; Leu = leucine; Lys = lysine; Met = methionine; Phe = phenylalanine; Thr = threonine; Trp = tryptophan; Tyr = tyrosine; Val = valine.

1Calculated metabolizable energy based on modified Atwater values.