Table 2.

Analyzed content of experimental diets.

Diets	Control (no oat)	30% dehulled oat	30% oat with 7% hull	30% oat with 17% hull	30% oat with 27% hull
Starter
GE content (MJ/kg)1	16.42	17.00	17.09	17.27	16.81
Protein content2(g/kg)	233	227	212	213	216
Fat (g/kg)	37.5	46.0	45.8	43.6	43.1
Phosphorus (g/kg)	5.49	6.69	6.05	5.39	5.04
Calcium (g/kg)	8.48	10.11	9.75	8.43	7.92
Crude Fiber (g/kg)	37.7	37.5	41.5	53.8	60.6
NDF (% of fiber)	16.1	9.6	9.9	12.1	13.2
ADF (% of fiber)	3.4	3.7	3.8	4.9	5.5
Finisher
GE content (MJ/kg)	16.90	17.33	17.15	17.33	17.53
Protein content (g/kg)	198	193	186	196	187
Fat (g/kg)	46.0	53.3	52.6	49.4	53.2
Phosphorus (g/kg)	4.96	5.21	4.89	5.13	5.24
Calcium (g/kg)	7.54	7.61	6.73	7.58	8.37
Crude Fiber (g/kg)	30.6	29.8	35.7	45.5	56.5
NDF (% of fiber)	12	9.7	10.9	11.8	13.8
ADF (% of fiber)	2.6	4.4	6.3	4.9	5.8
Amino acids (g/kg)
Cysteine	7.219	6.492	5.824	5.891	6.407
Aspartic acid	15.996	14.402	16.15	14.028	16.098
Threonine	6.89	9.043	6.802	5.499	6.867
Serine	8.834	10.726	8.546	7.779	8.452
Glutamate	40.936	45.366	36.53	39.521	35.982
Glycine	7.187	10.09	7.865	6.797	7.376
Alanine	6.186	9.155	7.203	6.454	6.701
Methionine	7.787	9.239	8.548	6.388	8.634
Isoleucine	5.563	5.329	4.965	2.517	4.701
Leucine	7.171	8.303	7.31	5.366	7.267
Tyrosine	12.869	15.149	12.83	11.709	12.573
Phenylalanine	4.309	5.145	4.933	2.669	4.452
Lysine	8.864	9.831	8.649	7.87	8.39
Histidine	11.241	13.256	12.359	7.039	11.175
Arginine	4.008	4.825	4.016	3.843	3.837

¹Gross energy measured by bomb calorimetry.

²Protein calculated by Nitrogen (via Dumas)* 6.25.