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. 2018 Mar 9;96(5):1846–1859. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky093

Table 2.

Calculated and analyzed nutrient composition of experimental diets, as-fed basis

Calculated Analyzed
Parameter HSBM LSBM N free HSBM LSBM N free
DM, % 89.2 89.5 94.6 94.6 96.3
Energy, Mcal/kg1 3.31 3.33 3.71 4.00 3.88 3.82
CP, % 19.4 14.2 0.20 18.5 13.0 0.73
Indispensable AA, %
 Arg 1.17 0.66 0.01 1.15 0.60 0.01
 His 0.48 0.34 0.01 0.49 0.33 0.02
 Ile 0.72 0.48 0.01 0.80 0.51 0.02
 Leu 1.51 1.26 0.03 1.60 1.20 0.05
 Lys 0.92 0.92 0.00 1.12 1.10 0.03
 Met 0.28 0.31 0.00 0.27 0.29 0.01
 Met + Cys 0.55 0.52 0.00 0.55 0.47 0.10
 Phe 0.85 0.60 0.01 0.94 0.62 0.02
 Thr 0.61 0.56 0.01 0.71 0.60 0.01
 Trp 0.21 0.16 0.00 0.19 0.14 0.00
 Val 0.79 0.60 0.01 0.89 0.61 0.02
Dispensable AA, %
 Ala 0.93 0.65 0.03
 Asp 1.90 1.05 0.03
 Cys 0.27 0.21 0.00 0.28 0.18 0.09
 Glu 3.28 2.26 0.06
 Gly 0.77 0.45 0.01
 Pro 1.03 0.90 0.03
 Ser 0.81 0.54 0.02
 Tyr 0.55 0.45 0.01 0.50 0.29 0.01

HSBM = high soybean meal; LSBM = low soybean meal; N free = nitrogen free.

1Calculated composition = Mcal ME/kg; analyzed composition = Mcal GE/kg.