Table 3.
Lys, Arg, and Met content of experimental diets fed to turkeys in successive feeding periods, g/100 g.
| Feeding period, weeks | AA | Treatment1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arg90Met30 | Arg90Met45 | Arg100Met30 | Arg90Met45 | Arg110Met30 | Arg110Met45 | ||
| 1–4 | Lys | 1.63 | 1.56 | 1.58 | 1.66 | 1.55 | 1.64 |
| Arg | 1.46 | 1.43 | 1.52 | 1.56 | 1.69 | 1.67 | |
| Met | 0.50 | 0.69 | 0.51 | 0.71 | 0.52 | 0.74 | |
| 5–8 | Lys | 1.48 | 1.45 | 1.53 | 1.56 | 1.56 | 1.55 |
| Arg | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.53 | 1.56 | 1.71 | 1.73 | |
| Met | 0.42 | 0.66 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.44 | 0.66 | |
| 9–12 | Lys | 1.27 | 1.29 | 1.34 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.32 |
| Arg. | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.34 | 1.26 | 1.45 | 1.43 | |
| Met | 0.38 | 0.61 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.38 | 0.59 | |
| 13–16 | Lys | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
| Arg. | 0.92 | 0.91 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 1.12 | 1.16 | |
| Met | 0.33 | 0.46 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 0.48 | |
Abbreviations: AA, amino acids; Arg, arginine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine.
Treatment: Arg90Met30 received 90% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg90Met45 received 90% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg100Met30 received 100% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg100Met45 received 100% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg110Met30 received 110% Arg level and 30% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys; Arg110Met45 received 110% Arg level and 45% Met level relative to the content of dietary Lys.