Table 3.

Analyzed chemical composition of diets containing different carbohydrate sources for cats.

Item	Treatmentsa
	Corn	WSH	RSH
Dry matter, %	94.2	94.1	94.2
	% DMb basis
Organic matter	89.7	89.9	89.5
Ash	10.3	10.1	10.6
Acid hydrolyzed fat	18.0	18.9	18.1
Crude protein	45.0	44.7	44.2
Total dietary fiber	13.3	14.2	13.6
Soluble dietary fiber	4.1	5.7	4.7
Insoluble dietary fiber	9.2	8.5	8.9
Gross energy, kcal/g	5.34	5.36	5.32
Amino acids, % as-fed basis	Treatmentsa
	Corn	WSH	RSH
Essential
Arginine	2.7	2.7	2.5
Histidine	0.9	0.9	0.9
Isoleucine	1.8	1.8	1.7
Leucine	3.5	3.6	3.5
Lysine	2.5	2.5	2.4
Methionine	0.8	0.8	0.8
Phenylalanine	1.9	1.9	1.8
Threonine	1.6	1.6	1.6
Tryptophan	0.4	0.4	0.4
Valine	2.1	2.1	2.0
Taurine	0.4	0.4	0.4
Non-essential
Alanine	2.9	2.9	2.9
Aspartate	3.4	3.4	3.2
Cysteine	0.5	0.5	0.5
Glutamate	5.7	5.9	5.7
Glycine	3.6	3.4	3.4
Proline	2.8	2.7	2.7
Serine	1.6	1.6	1.5
Tyrosine	1.4	1.5	1.4

^aWSH, white sorghum; RSH, red sorghum.

^bDM, dry matter.