Table 3.

Analyzed nutrient composition of experimental diets containing 100% SID Leu:Lys ratio, as-fed basis¹

SID Ile:Lys, %		43			53			63
Item	SID Val:Lys, %	60	70	80	60	70	80	60	70	80
Crude protein, %		15.48	15.55	15.41	15.46	15.43	15.56	15.51	15.39	15.52
Indispensable amino acids, %
Arg		0.77	0.76	0.70	0.77	0.80	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.75
His		0.38	0.38	0.36	0.38	0.39	0.37	0.37	0.37	0.37
Ile		0.49	0.51	0.50	0.63	0.64	0.62	0.70	0.70	0.69
Leu		1.16	1.13	1.09	1.15	1.19	1.15	1.14	1.13	1.13
Lys		1.12	1.05	1.04	1.06	1.11	1.03	1.06	1.06	1.09
Met		0.27	0.28	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.27	0.26	0.27	0.26
Phe		0.71	0.70	0.67	0.71	0.72	0.70	0.69	0.69	0.69
Thr		0.67	0.65	0.66	0.68	0.67	0.65	0.66	0.68	0.69
Trp		0.15	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.16	0.15
Val		0.74	0.82	0.89	0.73	0.84	0.90	0.71	0.81	0.89
Dispensable amino acids, %
Ala		0.71	0.69	0.66	0.69	0.72	0.69	0.69	0.70	0.68
Asx2		1.16	1.13	1.05	1.14	1.18	1.13	1.12	1.12	1.10
Cys		0.23	0.24	0.23	0.26	0.25	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24
Glx2		2.59	2.55	2.39	2.54	2.62	2.56	2.53	2.53	2.49
Gly		1.90	1.86	2.04	1.89	1.77	1.79	1.85	1.76	1.69
Pro		1.00	0.97	0.96	0.94	1.01	0.93	1.00	0.98	0.98
Ser		0.55	0.54	0.51	0.54	0.57	0.55	0.55	0.56	0.55
Tyr		0.40	0.40	0.38	0.41	0.42	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.40

¹Experimental diets were analyzed in duplicate.

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