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Table 2 Chemical composition of experimental diets (g/kg DM)

From: Effect of pre- and post-weaning dietary supplementation with arginine and glutamine on rabbit performance and intestinal health

Diets

C

Arg

Gln

Arg + Gln

Arginine

0

0.4

0

0.4

Glutamine

0

0

0.4

0.4

Analyzed composition, g/kg DM

 Dry matter

899

893

897

901

 Ash

67.5

71.2

68.9

71.0

 Nitrogen

29.8

30.6

30.1

30.4

 Ether extract

50.0

50.0

47.0

45.0

 Total dietary fibre

418

423

426

425

 Neutral detergent fibre

313

322

319

321

 Acid detergent fibre

179

174

176

179

 Acid detergent lignin

48.1

44.6

45.6

44.1

 Soluble fibre

105

101

107

105

 Gross energy (MJ/kg DM)

18.0

18.5

18.4

18.4

Amino acids, g/kg DM

 Alanine

8.00

7.90

8.00

8.00

 Arginine

11.3

15.3

11.6

15.3

 Aspartic acid

16.1

16.0

15.9

16.1

 Cystine

2.90

2.90

2.90

2.90

 Glutamic acid

30.8

30.3

34.5

35.3

 Glycine

8.70

8.60

8.70

8.70

 Histidine

4.00

3.90

4.00

3.90

 Isoleucine

6.90

6.70

6.80

6.60

 Leucine

11.9

11.8

11.8

11.9

 Lysine

9.30

9.20

9.20

9.20

 Methionine

3.30

3.20

3.20

3.20

 Phenylalanine

8.10

8.00

8.10

8.00

 Proline

10.4

10.3

10.3

10.4

 Serine

7.90

7.80

7.70

8.10

 Threonine

7.00

6.90

6.80

7.00

 Valine

8.50

8.30

8.40

8.20