Table 2.

Chemical composition of ingredients used in experimental diets, as-fed basis¹

Item	Corn	Wheat	Barley	Soy protein concentrate	Spray-dried blood cells
Crude protein, %	7.09	11.74	10.98	64.48	93.81
Dry matter, %	87.14	88.64	89.24	94.82	91.78
Indispensable amino acids, %
Arg	0.32	0.52	0.55	4.63	3.65
His	0.21	0.24	0.24	1.68	6.79
Ile	0.26	0.39	0.38	3.01	0.35
Leu	0.78	0.69	0.72	4.97	12.81
Lys	0.26	0.36	0.48	4.10	8.62
Met	0.14	0.19	0.19	0.92	0.98
Phe	0.30	0.45	0.43	1.85	6.92
Thr	0.32	0.45	0.49	3.21	3.54
Trp	0.06	0.13	0.12	0.87	1.60
Val	0.26	0.32	0.38	2.51	8.52
Dispensable amino acids, %
Ala	0.50	0.41	0.47	2.75	7.93
Asx2	0.46	0.58	0.72	7.08	10.21
Cys	0.16	0.26	0.24	0.93	0.54
Glx2	1.21	2.70	2.19	11.37	7.52
Gly	0.29	0.45	0.45	2.66	4.12
Pro	0.62	0.90	0.93	3.20	3.27
Ser	0.33	0.44	0.42	2.72	4.12
Tyr	0.19	0.27	0.27	2.23	2.21
BCAA:crude protein ratio, %
Ile:crude protein	3.67	3.32	3.46	4.67	0.37
Leu:crude protein	11.00	5.88	6.56	7.71	13.66
Val:crude protein	3.67	2.73	3.46	3.89	9.08

¹Ingredients were analyzed in duplicate.

²Asx, Asp, and Asn; Glx, Glu, and Gln.