Table 2.

Analyzed nutrient content of the experimental diets

Nutrients, %	Positive Control (PC)	Negative Control (NC)	Treatment (T1)	Treatment (T2)	Treatment (T3)	Treatment (T4)
Dry matter	88.4	88.5	88.8	89.1	88.5	88.7
Crude protein	18.9	15.9	16.1	15.9	15.9	16.1
Crude ash	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.5
Crude fiber	2.7	2.9	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.4
Crude fat	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
Arginine	0.93 (0.98)*	0.80 (0.84)	0.75 (0.78)	0.76 (0.76)	0.76 (0.76)	0.72 (0.74)
Cysteine	0.30 (0.34)	0.25 (0.27)	0.24 (0.26)	0.24 (0.26)	0.24 (0.26)	0.24 (0.25)
Phenylalanine	0.82 (0.87)	0.65 (0.69)	0.63 (0.65)	0.63 (0.64)	0.63 (0.63)	0.61 (0.62)
Glycine	0.66 (0.69)	0.55 (0.58)	0.53 (0.55)	0.53 (0.54)	0.53 (0.54)	0.52 (0.53)
Histidine	0.45 (0.48)	0.35 (0.36)	0.46 (0.48)	0.52 (0.53)	0.46 (0.48)	0.50 (0.52)
Isoleucine	0.71 (0.75)	0.55 (0.58)	0.72 (0.74)	0.72 (0.74)	0.78 (0.81)	0.77 (0.81
Leucine	1.31 (1.37)	1.01 (1.08)	1.31 (1.37)	1.33 (1.37)	1.45 (1.50)	1.45 (1.49)
Lysine	1.28 (1.37)	1.33 (1.37)	1.35 (1.37)	1.28 (1.36)	1.30 (1.37)	1.30 (1.36)
Methionine	0.39 (0.45)	0.47 (0.52)	0.47 (0.53)	0.50 (0.61)	0.45 (0.54)	0.52 (0.62)
Met + Cys1	0.69 (0.79)	0.72 (0.79)	0.71 (0.79)	0.74 (0.84)	0.69 (0.79)	0.76 (0.87)
Proline	1.39 (1.49)	1.01 (1.10)	0.98 (1.06)	1.02 (1.05)	1.02 (1.05)	1.03 (1.04)
Serine	0.83 (0.86)	0.67 (0.69)	0.64 (0.65)	0.63 (0.63)	0.63 (0.63)	0.62 (0.62)
Threonine	0.84 (0.87)	0.83 (0.86)	0.83 (0.86)	0.88 (0.94)	0.83 (0.86)	0.89 (0.94)
Tyrosine	0.56 (0.59)	0.46 (0.47)	0.44 (0.44)	0.44 (0.43)	0.45 (0.43)	0.43 (0.42)
Valine	0.86 (0.91)	0.83 (0.91)	0.88 (0.90)	0.83 (0.90)	0.95 (0.98)	0.92 (0.96)
Alanine	0.66 (0.71)	0.57 (0.62)	0.55 (0.59)	0.56 (0.57)	0.55 (0.57)	0.55 (0.56)
Aspartic	1.27 (1.37)	1.12 (1.21)	1.05 (1.11)	1.05 (1.07)	1.04 (1.07)	1.00 (1.04)
Calcium	0.58 (0.59)	0.58 (0.59)	0.56 (0.59)	0.57 (0.59)	0.59 (0.59)	0.60 (0.59)
Phosphorus	0.50 (0.56)	0.55 (0.56)	0.50 (0.56)	0.50 (0.56)	0.52 (0.56)	0.51 (0.56)

¹Met + Cys; Methionine + Cysteine.

^*Calculate amino acids (% total) are included in the parenthesis.