Table 1.

Ingredient and chemical composition of combined soybean meal in experiment 1 (%).

Items	Combined soybean meal						Mean
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Ingredients (as fed basis)1
LP-SBM	93.79	100
HP-SBM1			94.32		100
HP-SBM2				94.48		100
Soybean hull	6.21		5.68	5.52
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Nutrient levels (air-dry basis)2
DM3	89.32	89.40	91.59	90.84	90.45	90.02	90.01
GE (Kcal/kg)	4,109	4,147	4,224	4,185	4,243	4,171	4,181
CP	42.29	43.97	45.31	45.79	47.58	47.64	45.43
EE	2.16	2.14	2.53	1.46	2.40	1.32	2.00
CF	9.05	7.58	5.16	4.46	3.77	3.14	5.53
NDF	16.11	13.60	10.06	8.97	8.07	6.96	10.63
ADF	10.55	8.57	5.76	5.00	4.16	3.39	6.24
Ash	5.92	6.07	6.57	5.92	6.36	5.99	6.14
NFE	29.91	29.64	32.02	33.22	30.28	31.99	31.18
PS	76.12	78.00	77.33	79.76	79.44	81.83	78.75
TI (mg/kg)	3.69	4.61	4.19	4.73	3.69	4.34	4.21
Carbohydrate levels (air-dry basis)2
Gal (mg/kg)	38.07	29.66	21.72	22.48	14.46	13.53	23.32
Man (mg/kg)	3.43	2.14	9.62	12.30	11.82	8.97	8.04
Lac (mg/kg)	150.84	153.42	115.77	111.09	112.29	117.76	126.86
Suc (g/kg)	40.94	41.11	47.47	59.53	61.39	48.72	49.86
Raf (g/kg)	13.36	13.56	12.07	12.81	13.09	12.36	12.88
Sta (g/kg)	33.81	33.30	42.87	51.03	52.12	43.58	42.79

¹LP-SBM (low protein soybean meal, crude protein = 43.97%), HP-SBM1 (high protein soybean meal 1, crude protein = 47.58%), HP-SBM2 (high protein soybean meal 2, crude protein = 47.64%).

²Nutrient levels were measured values.

³Abbreviations: ADF, acid detergent fiber; CF, crude fiber; CP, crude protein; DM, dry matter; EE, ether extract; Gal, galactose; GE, gross energy; Lac, lactose; Man, mannose; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; NFE, nitrogen free extract; PS, protein solubility; Raf, raffinose; Sta, Stachyose; Suc, sucrose; TI, trypsin inhibitor