Table 2 Amino acid and taurine concentrations in the experimental diets
Low protein quality | High protein quality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
36.7% | 45.0% | 56.1% | 36.2% | 43.3% | 54.9% | ||
Aspartic acid | g/kg DM | 26.5 | 33.3 | 38.7 | 25.1 | 33.8 | 42.9 |
Threonine | g/kg DM | 14.2 | 17.8 | 20.2 | 14.1 | 18.3 | 23.6 |
Serine | g/kg DM | 14.6 | 18.9 | 21.9 | 14.8 | 18.5 | 23.2 |
Glutamic acid | g/kg DM | 35.9 | 40.0 | 49.0 | 35.7 | 38.9 | 44.1 |
Glycine | g/kg DM | 36.0 | 39.1 | 52.6 | 28.0 | 23.8 | 36.6 |
Alanine | g/kg DM | 18.9 | 26.6 | 32.9 | 17.6 | 23.1 | 30.3 |
Valine | g/kg DM | 18.0 | 22.4 | 25.9 | 12.2 | 22.4 | 27.0 |
Isoleucine | g/kg DM | 12.8 | 16.1 | 17.8 | 9.2 | 17.2 | 21.2 |
Leucine | g/kg DM | 24.7 | 31.4 | 37.6 | 24.4 | 32.4 | 39.3 |
Tyrosine | g/kg DM | 10.4 | 13.8 | 16.1 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 18.7 |
Phenylalanine | g/kg DM | 13.9 | 18.3 | 21.6 | 14.1 | 18.8 | 24.1 |
Histidine | g/kg DM | 12.0 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 10.9 | 17.1 | 20.8 |
Lysine | g/kg DM | 21.6 | 28.3 | 33.6 | 20.9 | 29.6 | 36.5 |
Arginine | g/kg DM | 17.3 | 24.9 | 30.5 | 15.4 | 23.6 | 31.2 |
Proline | g/kg DM | 16.1 | 25.0 | 30.3 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 23.4 |
Methionine | g/kg DM | 6.29 | 8.77 | 10.1 | 5.74 | 9.86 | 11.6 |
Cysteine | g/kg DM | 6.47 | 7.67 | 8.93 | 6.63 | 8.75 | 10.4 |
Hydroxyproline | g/kg DM | 3.76 | 8.45 | 9.44 | 2.56 | 3.76 | 4.45 |
Taurine | g/kg DM | 5.32 | 4.36 | 3.90 | 4.13 | 3.81 | 3.85 |