. 2020 Jun 2;98(6):skaa149. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa149

Table 5.

DIAAS-like¹ for select pulse proteins compared with NRC recommended allowances for adult dogs at maintenance

%, DMB	Treatment
Essential amino acids	YP	GL	BB grits	NB powder	GB	SEM
Arginine	219.6^b	193.9^c	139.9^d	146.0^d	276.8^a	4.925
Histidine	118.4^b	100.8^c	126.8^ab	140.1^a	121.4^b	4.436
Isoleucine	107.7^ab	100.6^b	114.2^a	119.9^a	103.8^ab	4.134
Leucine	96.9^bc	88.3^c	102.9^ab	109.5^a	92.6^bc	3.986
Lysine	203.0^a	168.9^b	174.2^b	184.1^ab	165.7^b	6.435
Methionine	24.9^b	17.1^c	28.7^b	26.9^b	36.2^a	1.684
Phenylalanine	99.7^b	95.3^b	117.7^a	120.6^a	117.0^a	3.409
Threonine	80.6^ab	67.7^c	87.8^a	90.2^a	69.0^bc	3.890
Tryptophan	47.4^d	23.1^e	69.5^b	80.3^a	53.9^c	2.006
Valine	94.4^bc	85.1^c	101.7^ab	108.7^a	82.8^c	4.461

¹DIAAS-like (%) = [(mg of digestible indispensable amino acid in 1 g of dietary protein)/mg of same indispensable AA in 1 g of reference protein)] × 100.

^a–eMeans within a row with different superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05.