Table 1.

Ingredient and nutrient composition of experimental diets (as-fed basis)¹

	Diets
Ingredients, %	FAA−	FAA+
Corn	50.34	50.02
Wheat	13.00	13.00
Barley	17.50	17.50
Soybean meal, 47% CP	13.00	13.00
L-Lys HCl2	0.97	0.97
DL-Met2	0.32	0.46
L-Trp2	0.07	0.10
L-Thr2	0.40	0.55
L-Leu2	0.22	0.22
L-Iso2	0.20	0.20
L-Val2	0.29	0.29
L-His2	0.13	0.13
L-Phe2	0.25	0.25
Salt	0.35	0.35
Vitamin/mineral premix3	0.40	0.40
Limestone	1.38	1.38
Monocalcium phosphate	1.18	1.18
Calculated nutrient content4
DM, %	87.64	87.68
CP, %	16.06	16.26
ME, kcal/kg	3,221	3,225
NE, kcal/kg	2,452	2,455
Amino acids, % SID
Arg	0.73	0.73
His	0.43	0.43
Ile	0.66	0.66
Leu	1.28	1.28
Lys	1.28	1.28
Met+Cys	0.72	0.86
Phe+Tyr	1.20	1.20
Thr	0.80	0.96
Trp	0.21	0.25
Val	0.83	0.83
Ala	0.58	0.58
Asp	0.97	0.97
Glu	2.43	2.43
Gly	0.46	0.46
Pro	1.04	1.04
Ser	0.57	0.57

¹FAA−, basal amino acid profile; FAA+, functional amino acid profile (Thr, Met, and Trp at 120% of requirements for growth); SID, standardized ileal digestible.

²L-Lys HCl, Archer Daniels Midland Company (Decatur IL); DL-Met, Evonik Operations GmbH (Mobile AL); L-Trp, L-Thr, and L-Val, Jefo Nutrition Inc. (Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada); all other AA, ACP Chemicals, Inc. (St. Leonard, QC, Canada).

³Supplied per kg of complete diet: vitamin A, 6,000 IU; vitamin D, 9.3 mg; vitamin E, 35 IU; menadione, 2.5 mg; vitamin B12, 0.02 mg; thiamine, 1.00 mg; biotin, 0.10 mg; niacin, 20 mg; riboflavin, 4 mg; pantothenate, 12 mg; folic acid, 0.50 mg; pyridoxine, 5.0 mg; Fe,75 mg; Zn, 75 mg; Mg, 20 mg; Cu, 10 mg; Se, 0.15 mg, and I, 0.50 mg.

⁴Nutrient content of diets based on estimated nutrient contents of ingredients according to NRC (2012) and analyzed AA content according to Evonik Operations GmbH.