Table 2.

Amino acid (AA) levels of TMRs (dry matter basis).

Items	Treatments 1 (%)
	PC	PD–Lys	PD–Met	PD–Thr
Total AA content
Lysine	1.00	0.66	1.00	1.00
Methionine	0.33	0.33	0.22	0.33
Threonine	0.72	0.72	0.72	0.45
AA content in basal diet
Lysine	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51
Methionine	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
Threonine	0.45	0.45	0.45	0.45
Exogenously added AA
Lysine	0.49	0.15	0.49	0.49
Methionine	0.25	0.25	0.15	0.25
Threonine	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.00

¹ Treatments: PC = theoretical amino acid balance TMR; PD–Lys = 30% Lys deleted TMR; PD–Met = 30% Met deleted TMR; PD–Thr = 30% Thr deleted TMR.