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. 2019 Oct 6;97(11):4540–4547. doi: 10.1093/jas/skz294

Table 3.

Crude protein (CP) and amino acid composition (%) of animal protein by-product meals, the basal diet, and the N-free diet fed to growing pigs, DM basis1

Item BM-1 BM-2 CBM CM FM-1 FM-2 MB-1 MB-2 MB-3 MM-1 MM-2 PBM PM Basal N-Free
DM 90.25 93.01 98.41 96.24 90.43 94.35 98.48 95.70 97.56 97.92 97.97 98.03 98.48 95.42 95.99
CP 98.33 95.35 69.20 69.52 91.36 86.35 54.04 54.54 59.83 60.29 55.65 58.04 49.26 12.60 0.22
Ala 7.88 6.98 4.36 4.48 4.64 4.15 3.93 3.93 4.07 4.01 3.48 4.07 3.37 0.69 0.01
Arg 4.06 4.54 4.48 4.72 6.06 5.81 3.44 3.53 3.96 3.99 3.80 3.87 3.07 0.91 0.01
Asp 9.98 8.87 5.49 5.70 6.48 5.88 3.99 3.92 4.31 4.45 4.54 3.99 3.26 1.47 0.03
Cys 1.13 1.31 0.76 0.64 5.04 4.29 0.45 0.44 0.62 0.61 0.57 0.47 0.50 0.22 0.00
Glu 8.78 8.73 8.59 9.13 9.51 8.64 6.39 6.41 6.96 7.28 7.52 6.49 5.30 2.60 0.03
Gly 4.01 3.70 5.95 6.14 6.27 5.99 6.36 6.80 6.99 6.74 4.52 7.71 6.04 0.58 0.01
His 5.94 5.30 1.40 1.74 1.45 1.23 1.12 1.00 1.15 1.22 1.40 0.87 0.75 0.36 0.00
Ile 0.92 2.70 2.82 2.85 4.32 4.18 1.76 1.65 1.80 1.92 2.20 1.79 1.39 0.66 0.01
Leu 12.39 10.50 4.76 4.72 7.79 7.24 3.33 3.21 3.57 3.71 3.87 3.02 2.66 1.23 0.02
Lys 9.24 8.18 4.33 4.82 3.01 2.65 3.33 2.87 3.21 3.32 3.33 2.96 2.59 0.81 0.02
Met 1.39 1.26 1.38 1.52 0.77 0.68 0.86 0.74 0.86 0.90 0.97 0.95 0.65 0.19 0.01
Phe 7.25 6.01 2.67 2.59 4.56 4.37 1.89 1.83 2.00 2.03 2.18 1.83 1.51 0.73 0.01
Pro 3.67 3.49 3.67 3.84 7.40 7.31 3.72 3.88 4.15 4.07 3.04 4.28 3.50 0.84 0.03
Ser 4.48 3.86 2.32 2.22 7.69 7.50 1.74 1.76 2.11 2.05 1.84 1.76 1.61 0.63 0.01
Thr 4.83 4.47 2.59 2.62 4.21 3.93 1.77 1.73 1.94 1.95 2.01 1.73 1.43 0.54 0.01
Trp 1.71 1.64 0.71 0.74 0.54 0.64 0.44 0.40 0.45 0.47 0.49 0.38 0.36 0.18 0.00
Tyr 3.09 3.11 2.34 1.60 2.69 2.64 1.39 1.32 1.57 1.61 1.88 1.33 1.16 0.43 0.01
Val 8.95 7.31 3.45 3.20 7.18 6.75 2.47 2.30 2.57 2.65 2.72 2.12 1.99 0.70 0.00

1Analyzed at the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station Chemical Laboratories, Columbia, MO. Abbreviations: BM, spray-dried blood meal; CBM, chicken by-product meal; CM, chicken meal; FM, feather meal; MB, meat and bone meal; MM, meat meal; PBM, poultry by-product meal; PM, poultry meal.