Table 2.

Analyzed composition of SBM and FSBM (% of dry matter basis).

	Feed
Item	SBM	FSBM	SEM	P-value
Dry matter	92.32	90.69	1.064	0.339
Crude protein	43.55b	46.37a	0.321	0.003
Ether extract	1.25	1.18	0.023	0.116
Crude fiber	6.62	6.27	0.162	0.203
Ash	5.80b	6.14b	0.071	0.029
Indispensable amino acids
Arginine	2.87	2.95	0.120	0.662
Histidine	1.04	1.08	0.019	0.179
Isoleucine	1.63	1.57	0.054	0.461
Leucine	3.34	3.32	0.133	0.907
Lysine	2.52b	2.84a	0.027	0.001
Methionine	0.60	0.64	0.026	0.307
Phenylalanine	1.95b	2.08a	0.019	0.008
Threonine	1.81	1.95	0.085	0.301
Valine	1.77	1.86	0.032	0.123
Dispensable amino acids
Alanine	1.52	1.73	0.075	0.125
Asparagine	4.60	5.22	0.197	0.088
Cysteine	1.28	1.31	0.022	0.448
Glutamine	7.01b	8.36a	0.067	0.001
Glycine	1.63	1.84	0.060	0.072
Proline	2.45	2.58	0.051	0.149
Serine	2.25	2.27	0.028	0.639
Tyrosine	1.64b	1.79a	0.031	0.032
Tryptophan	0.58	0.67	0.014	0.167
pH	5.69a	3.71b	0.111	0.002
Lactic acid (mmol/kg)	28.63b	180.15a	0.967	<0.001
Lactic acid bacteria (Log10 CFU/g)	3.95b	9.22a	0.220	<0.001
Enterobacteriaceae (Log10 CFU/g)	4.52a	1.38b	0.324	0.002
Phytic acid (g/100g)	0.72a	0.20b	0.021	<0.001
Trypsin inhibitor (mg/g)	2.61a	0.85b	0.160	0.001
β-conglycinin (mg/g)	40.92a	17.01b	1.058	<0.001
Glycinin (mg/g)	63.27a	25.56b	2.762	0.005

SBM = soybean meal; FSBM = fermented soybean meal. Means with different superscripts in each row are statistically different (P < 0.05).