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. 2018 Feb 8;96(1):215–224. doi: 10.1093/jas/skx010

Table 1.

Analyzed composition (as-fed basis) of corn, soybean meal, red dog, and 10 sources of wheat middlings

Item Corn Soybean meal Red dog Wheat middlings, source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean1 SD1
GE, kcal/ kg 3,819 4,207 3,801 3,838 3,871 4,033 3,900 4,046 3,996 4,029 4,012 4,045 4,015 3,979 77.97
DM 86.25 88.99 89.47 86.51 87.80 89.44 89.98 89.20 89.13 88.74 88.01 89.55 89.32 88.80 1.04
CP 6.80 48.05 17.00 17.75 18.39 17.21 18.83 18.13 17.00 17.10 17.98 17.30 17.01 17.67 0.64
AEE2 3.65 2.44 2.50 2.33 4.60 4.02 3.31 4.98 3.96 4.04 4.25 4.50 4.71 4.07 0.77
ADF 2.31 5.12 3.37 11.01 9.99 9.44 10.77 12.22 10.74 10.24 10.27 11.52 11.87 10.81 0.87
NDF 9.01 8.30 11.81 34.35 33.08 33.72 35.61 40.28 34.30 33.62 34.04 37.71 38.4 35.51 2.44
TDF2 3.40 18.5 13.90 34.40 34.10 33.20 36.70 38.10 36.90 36.20 34.70 39.60 40.60 36.45 2.44
IDF2 9.00 16.5 12.80 34.10 32.3 31.3 34.7 35.7 35.1 34.7 32.2 35.8 39 34.49 2.22
SDF2 – 2.00 1.10 1.10 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.40 1.80 1.50 2.50 3.90 1.50 2.04 0.77
Lignin 2.03 0.27 0.67 2.99 2.69 2.66 3.35 4.32 2.67 2.59 3.12 2.85 2.99 3.02 0.51
Ash 1.12 6.84 6.37 4.90 6.67 4.94 7.08 5.20 5.01 4.88 5.01 5.14 5.78 5.46 0.79
Ca 0.01 0.32 0.87 0.08 0.36 0.07 0.73 0.08 0.10 0.14 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.18 0.29
P 0.22 0.64 0.48 1.04 1.22 1.18 1.12 1.22 1.11 1.13 1.10 1.23 1.32 1.17 0.22
Carbohydrates
 Starch 62.83 0.98 42.98 21.53 18.92 23.30 20.02 16.53 21.58 21.52 22.39 20.63 16.33 20.28 2.36
 FOS2, mg/g 1.33 8.04 2.48 4.10 2.90 3.37 2.76 3.45 3.41 3.35 3.56 3.29 3.32 3.35 0.36
 Glucose 0.24 0.07 0.16 0.37 0.33 0.30 0.35 0.30 0.26 0.29 0.30 0.27 0.35 0.31 0.04
 Sucrose 1.88 7.41 1.37 1.38 1.99 2.17 1.07 2.21 1.94 1.93 2.14 2.28 2.11 1.92 0.39
 Maltose – – 3.01 1.18 1.03 2.53 1.48 1.30 1.99 2.92 1.90 3.22 1.37 1.89 0.77
 Fructose 0.15 0.07 0.27 0.56 0.39 0.30 0.33 0.30 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.35 0.40 0.37 0.08
 Stachyose – 6.46 – – – – – – – – – – – – –
 Raffinose 0.22 1.73 0.58 0.69 0.89 1.00 0.24 1.07 0.94 0.94 1.34 0.97 1.16 0.92 0.29
Physical characteristics
 Bulk density, g/L 608.8 696.8 498.5 289.8 309.3 348.5 333.3 301.8 324.6 322.1 303.8 322.4 296.0 315.1 18.20
 Particle size, µm 554 830 146 818 707 785 760 766 733 521 867 1019 848 782.4 127.3
SD particle size, (log10) 0.48 0.26 0.25 0.30 0.24 0.20 0.38 0.33 0.32 0.29 0.31 0.37 0.34 0.30 0.05
 WBC2, g/g 1.21 2.51 1.83 3.44 2.98 2.96 3.33 3.30 2.88 2.99 2.89 3.08 3.28 3.11 0.20

1Means and standard deviation for the 10 sources of wheat middlings.

2AEE, acid hydrolyzed ether extract; TDF, total dietary fiber; SDF, soluble dietary fiber; IDF, insoluble dietary fiber; FOS, fructooligosaccharides; WBC, water binding capacity.