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. 2018 Jun 23;96(8):3319–3329. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky206

Table 3.

Analyzed nutrient composition of three sources of hybrid rye, barley, wheat, and corn, as-fed basis

Item Rye Bono Rye Daniello Rye Brasetto Barley Wheat Corn
GE, kcal/kg 3,763 3,797 3,772 3,829 3,867 3,874
DM, % 87.56 88.15 87.19 88.17 87.85 88.10
CP, % 8.65 9.08 8.90 10.54 11.35 7.20
Ash, % 1.48 1.55 1.46 1.34 1.76 1.21
AEE,1 % 1.75 1.58 1.72 1.76 3.75 2.54
ADF, % 2.46 2.84 2.52 1.33 2.84 2.03
NDF, % 13.99 15.05 13.99 10.20 11.21 8.76
ADL, % 0.64 0.76 0.61 0.18 0.82 0.27
Insoluble dietary fiber, % 13.30 14.70 13.10 9.50 10.60 10.00
Soluble dietary fiber, % 1.90 1.80 3.50 3.30 0.50 ND2
Total dietary fiber, % 15.20 16.50 16.60 12.80 11.10 10.00
Total starch 56.21 55.19 54.99 59.72 60.49 63.22
Indispensable AA, %
 Arg 0.44 0.45 0.44 0.48 0.53 0.36
 His 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.23 0.26 0.21
 Ile 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.39 0.41 0.28
 Leu 0.57 0.57 0.56 0.72 0.73 0.84
 Lys 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.39 0.37 0.27
 Met 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.15
 Phe 0.42 0.44 0.42 0.56 0.50 0.37
 Thr 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.35 0.33 0.27
 Trp 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.12 0.11 0.06
 Val 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.53 0.51 0.37
 Total 3.27 3.33 3.29 3.94 3.93 3.18
Dispensable AA, %
 Ala 0.39 0.38 0.38 0.40 0.43 0.53
 Asp 0.63 0.63 0.63 0.61 0.63 0.52
 Cys 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.25 0.27 0.17
 Glu 1.99 2.12 2.04 2.54 2.95 1.32
 Gly 0.39 0.39 0.40 0.40 0.48 0.30
 Pro 0.89 0.94 0.88 1.20 1.00 0.68
 Ser 0.36 0.37 0.36 0.40 0.45 0.34
 Tyr 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.27 0.26 0.23
 Total 5.06 5.24 5.08 6.07 6.47 4.09
Total AA, % 8.52 8.75 8.57 10.21 10.60 7.41

1AEE = acid-hydrolyzed ether extract.

2ND = not detected.