Table 2.

The amino acid content (g/kg) of the six experimental diets.

Amino acids	M0	M2	M4	M6	M8	M10
His*	9.787	9.629	9.926	9.727	9.996	9.768
Ser	18.942	18.519	19.070	18.690	18.904	18.570
Arg*	23.417	23.854	23.425	23.199	23.535	23.118
Gly	32.731	30.514	28.362	26.275	24.132	22.012
Asp	42.245	42.158	42.106	42.711	42.535	42.631
Glu	75.484	75.673	75.215	75.742	75.918	75.681
Thr*	15.514	15.230	15.556	15.925	15.412	15.881
Ala	19.718	19.301	19.759	19.447	19.697	19.424
Pro	20.227	19.697	20.153	20.330	20.575	20.228
Cys	1.084	1.029	1.088	1.091	1.084	1.094
Lys*	36.887	36.186	36.894	36.382	36.818	36.248
Tyr	9.802	9.759	9.852	9.040	9.397	9.634
Met*	1.860	3.781	5.920	7.739	9.609	11.525
Val*	18.640	18.211	18.637	18.379	18.590	18.323
Ile*	17.478	17.136	17.618	17.638	17.890	17.465
Leu*	29.125	29.612	29.267	29.666	29.493	29.420
Phe*	18.457	18.104	18.558	18.220	18.565	18.100
Trp	/	/	/	/	/	/

^*An essential amino acid; Trp not detected.