Table 4 Chemical composition of the experimental diets, including amino acids expressed in dry matter
Parameter | Diets | ||
|---|---|---|---|
CT | HI | TM | |
Dry matter (%) | 90.08 | 90.41 | 90.42 |
Crude protein (%) | 53.02 | 53.21 | 53.36 |
Crude fat (%) | 19.67 | 19.85 | 19.28 |
Crude fibre (%) | 2.81 | 2.79 | 2.53 |
Ash (%) | 7.49 | 7.51 | 7.48 |
Nitrogen-free-extract (%) | 7.09 | 7.05 | 7.77 |
Energy (MJ/kg) | 17.48 | 17.57 | 17.50 |
Indispensable Amino Acids (g/100 g) | |||
 Arginine | 2.68 | 2.71 | 2.51 |
 Histidine | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.60 |
 Isoleucine | 1.55 | 1.57 | 1.46 |
 Leucine | 4.53 | 4.59 | 4.24 |
 Lysine | 3.72 | 3.76 | 3.49 |
 Methionine | 1.38 | 1.40 | 1.28 |
 Phenylalanine | 2.52 | 2.57 | 2.38 |
 Serine | 1.45 | 1.47 | 1.37 |
 Threonine | 2.88 | 2.93 | 2.74 |
Dispensable Amino Acids (g/100 g) | |||
 Alanine | 3.10 | 3.13 | 2.91 |
 Aspartic acid | 4.56 | 4.63 | 4.30 |
 Cysteine | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.38 |
 Glutamic acid | 8.51 | 8.65 | 8.00 |
 Glycine | 2.73 | 2.78 | 2.52 |
 Proline | 2.88 | 2.94 | 2.65 |
 Tyrosine | 2.23 | 2.29 | 2.11 |
 IAA/DAAa | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.86 |