Table 3.

Dietary protein and total amino acid content of the grower experimental diets.¹

Ingredients, %	SP	20CP	20CP+Gly	18.5CP	18.5CP+Gly	17CP	17CP+Gly
CP	21.7 (22.5)	20.0 (20.6)	20.1 (20.6)	18.5 (18.3)	18.7 (19.9)	17.0 (17.7)	17.4 (17.3)
Total Lys	1.247 (1.260)	1.229 (1.147)	1.229 (1.140)	1.210 (1.125)	1.210 (1.265)	1.186 (1.197)	1.186 (1.086)
Total Met	0.540 (0.574)	0.556 (0.509)	0.556 (0.510)	0.573 (0.545)	0.573 (0.648)	0.605 (0.629)	0.605 (0.600)
Total Cys	0.379 (0.352)	0.352 (0.324)	0.352 (0.337)	0.323 (0.297)	0.323 (0.312)	0.275 (0.259)	0.275 (0.259)
Total Thr	0.840 (0.857)	0.824 (0.800)	0.824 (0.792)	0.807 (0.785)	0.807 (0.843)	0.786 (0.792)	0.786 (0.744)
Total Val	1.006 (1.017)	0.993 (0.970)	0.993 (1.002)	0.978 (0.958)	0.978 (1.024)	0.959 (0.993)	0.959 (0.952)
Total Ile	0.907 (0.912)	0.864 (0.840)	0.864 (0.872)	0.846 (0.812)	0.846 (0.893)	0.824 (0.846)	0.824 (0.801)
Total Arg	1.356 (1.392)	1.282 (1.261)	1.282 (1.263)	1.268 (1.237)	1.268 (1.336)	1.247 (1.282)	1.247 (1.219)
Total Leu	1.651 (1.671)	1.461 (1.512)	1.461 (1.614)	1.349 (1.324)	1.349 (1.454)	1.316 (1.379)	1.316 (1.359)
Total Phe	1.019 (1.082)	0.889 (0.945)	0.889 (0.980)	0.891 (0.928)	0.891 (1.004)	0.993 (1.097)	0.993 (1.051)
Total His	0.517 (0.538)	0.453 (0.463)	0.453 (0.467)	0.411 (0.399)	0.411 (0.440)	0.402 (0.423)	0.402 (0.395)
Total Trp	0.297 (0.273)	0.264 (0.239)	0.264 (0.246)	0.229 (0.200)	0.229 (0.215)	0.751 (0.683)	0.751 (0.636)
Total Gly	0.906 (0.897)	0.804 (0.771)	0.906 (0.835)	0.696 (0.658)	0.906 (0.884)	0.544 (0.541)	0.906 (0.743)
Total Ser	1.010 (1.029)	0.886 (0.902)	0.886 (0.916)	0.754 (0.740)	0.754 (0.809)	0.573 (0.602)	0.573 (0.596)
Total Ala	0.972 (0.994)	0.862 (0.904)	0.862 (0.979)	0.746 (0.738)	0.746 (0.822)	0.588 (0.644)	0.588 (0.645)
Total Pro	1.286 (1.403)	1.197 (1.324)	1.197 (1.360)	1.103 (1.219)	1.103 (1.245)	0.935 (1.045)	0.935 (1.070)

Abbreviations: Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Cys, cysteine; Thr, threonine; Val, valine; Arg, arginine; Ile, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Phe, phenylalanine; Tyr, tyrosine; His, histidine; Trp, tryptophan; Gly—, glycine; Ser, serine; Pro, proline; Ala, alanine; Asp, aspartic acid; Glu, Glutamic acid; SP, standard protein; 20CP, 20% crude protein treatment; 20CP+Gly, 20% crude protein treatment with glycine supplemented; 18.5CP, 18.5% crude protein treatment; 18.5CP+Gly, 18.5% crude protein treatment with glycine supplemented; 17CP, 17% crude protein treatment; 17CP+Gly, 17% crude protein treatment with glycine supplemented.

¹Measured as-is values in parentheses.