Table 3. Analyzed amino acid composition of the experimental diets for Experiment 1 (%, as-fed basis)

Item Dietary treatment
NFD Corn SBM
Indispensable AA
  Arg - 0.453 1.483
  His - 0.240 0.523
  Ile - 0.243 0.883
  Leu - 0.863 1.600
  Lys - 0.287 1.230
  Met 0.001 0.175 0.284
  Phe - 0.350 1.023
  Thr 0.007 0.290 0.823
  Val - 0.363 0.930
Dispensable AA
  Ala 0.006 0.523 0.897
  Asp 0.007 0.577 2.337
  Cys - 0.175 0.284
  Glu 0.015 1.403 3.647
  Gly 0.009 0.343 0.887
  Pro - 0.667 1.067
  Ser 0.011 0.397 1.073
  Tyr - 0.287 0.680
NFD, nitrogen-free diet; SBM, soybean meal; AA, amino acids; Arg, arginine; His, histidine; Ile, isoleucine; Leu, leucine; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine; Phe, phenylalanine; Thr, threonine; Val, valine; Ala, alanine; Asp, aspartic acid; Cys, cysteine; Glu, glutamic acid; Gly, glycine; Pro, proline; Ser, serine; Tyr, tyrosine.