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. 2020 Jul 15;98(7):skaa223. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa223

Table 4.

Basal ileal endogenous losses (mg/kg DMI) of CP and AA for broiler chickens and pigs1,2

Item Broiler chickens Pigs SED P-value
CP, g/kg DMI 8.85 21.98 1.337 <0.001
Indispensable amino acid
 Arg 179 791 87.3 <0.001
 His 83 195 14.8 <0.001
 Ile 212 325 33.9 0.005
 Leu 283 585 56.1 <0.001
 Lys 197 522 62.2 <0.001
 Met 62 87 11.2 0.044
 Phe 188 349 35.3 <0.001
 Thr 412 623 31.4 <0.001
 Trp 45 109 8.2 <0.001
 Val 449 626 41.6 <0.001
Dispensable amino acid
 Ala 219 647 40.8 <0.001
 Asp 432 885 63.1 <0.001
 Cys 164 201 13.9 0.021
 Glu 505 1,094 90.4 <0.001
 Gly 260 1,705 157.7 <0.001
 Pro 307 7,237 1,031.6 <0.001
 Ser 314 600 28.4 <0.001
 Tyr 139 245 24.3 <0.001

1Each mean represents 8 and 7 observations for broiler chickens and pigs, respectively.

2Mean BW of animals was 675 g and 24.4 kg for broiler chickens and pigs, respectively. Mean DMI was 40.8 and 906 g/d for broiler chickens and pigs, respectively.