Table 1. Chemical composition (g/kg dry matter), mineral content (g/kg dry matter), vitamin content and amino acid content (g/100 g dry matter) of the two types of feed materials (FM).
| Items | MDM | MBP |
|---|---|---|
| DM (g/kg FM) | 328 | 951 |
| Crude protein | 360 | 683 |
| Ether extract | 364 | 129 |
| Nitrogen free extract | 11 | 2 |
| Cellulose | 30 | 12 |
| Ash | 235 | 174 |
| Ca | 71 | 49 |
| P | 40 | 27 |
| Mg | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Zn | 0.09 | 0.11 |
| Fe | 0.03 | 0.13 |
| Vitamin B1 (mg/kg) | 0.70 | 1.2 |
| Vitamin B2 (mg/100g) | n.d.1 | 0.59 |
| Vitamin B12 (μg/kg) | n.d. | 0.04 |
| Aspartic acid | 2.4 | 5.3 |
| Threonine | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Serine | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| Glutamic acid | 3.8 | 8.7 |
| Proline | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Glycine | 5.5 | 6.7 |
| Alanine | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| Valine | 1.4 | 3.0 |
| Methionine | 0.24 | 1.3 |
| Isoleucine | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Leucine | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Tyrosine | 0.55 | 1.8 |
| Phenylalanine | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| Lysine | 1.6 | 4.3 |
| Histidine | 0.49 | 1.4 |
| Arginine | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| Cysteine | 0.12 | 0.43 |
| Tryptophan | n.d. | 0.33 |
n.d. = not detected.