Table 1.

Analyzed nutrient composition of corn, soybean meal, and canola meal, as-fed basis

Item	Corn	Soybean meal	Canola meal
Dry matter, %	87.55	89.08	89.28
Ash, %	1.28	6.41	6.84
Gross energy, kcal/kg	3,857	4,208	4,272
Crude protein, %	6.80	47.25	36.60
AEE1, %	3.31	2.20	4.46
Ca, %	0.01	0.33	0.77
Total P, %	0.25	0.61	1.03
Phytic acid, %	0.75	1.65	2.71
Phytate-bound P2, %	0.21	0.47	0.76
Non-phytate P3, %	0.04	0.14	0.27
Cl, %	<0.10	<0.10	<0.10
Na, mg/kg	10.90	26.80	676.00
Cu, mg/kg	1.11	13.10	4.86
Zn, mg/kg	15.00	34.90	43.60
Mn, mg/kg	3.57	28.80	57.00
Fe, mg/kg	12.40	83.20	204.00
Se, mg/kg	<0.20	<0.20	0.20
Indispensable amino acids, %
Arg	0.34	3.33	2.06
His	0.21	1.23	0.98
Ile	0.26	2.28	1.54
Leu	0.76	3.60	2.55
Lys	0.27	2.96	1.97
Met	0.14	0.62	0.71
Phe	0.33	2.39	1.46
Thr	0.25	1.77	1.53
Trp	0.06	0.65	0.42
Val	0.35	2.34	1.90
Dispensable amino acids, %
Ala	0.50	2.01	1.58
Asp	0.48	5.18	2.50
Cys	0.16	0.64	0.88
Glu	1.18	8.33	6.07
Gly	0.30	1.96	1.82
Ser	0.32	1.89	1.27
Tyr	0.17	1.69	0.98
Pro	0.57	2.28	2.22

¹AEE, acid hydrolyzed ether extract.

²Calculated as 28.2% of phytic acid (Tran and Sauvant, 2004).

³Calculated as total P – phytate-bound P.