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Table 3 Chemical and amino acid analysis of diets fed to determine the effects of regular and fractionated wheat distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) on the performance of broiler chicks (0–21 d) 1

From: Use of a post-production fractionation process improves the nutritional value of wheat distillers grains with solubles for young broiler chicks

 

Level of fractionated wheat DDGS, %

 

0

5

10

15

20

Chemical composition, % as fed

Moisture

8.30

8.34

8.28

8.56

8.45

Ash

6.47

7.13

6.67

6.04

6.27

Crude protein

24.63

24.37

25.10

24.88

25.33

Ether extract

9.35

8.38

9.13

8.03

8.37

Neutral detergent fibre

12.39

12.30

12.18

11.52

11.35

Calcium

1.03

1.01

0.97

1.01

0.98

Total phosphorus

0.72

0.70

0.69

0.73

0.71

Amino acid, % as fed

     

Arginine

1.24

1.34

1.25

1.24

1.25

Histidine

0.58

0.61

0.58

0.59

0.60

Isoleucine

0.84

0.91

0.86

0.88

0.91

Leucine

1.51

1.61

1.53

1.56

1.59

Lysine

1.12

1.16

1.21

1.13

1.19

Methionine + cystine

0.92

0.98

0.93

0.90

0.94

Phenylalanine

0.87

0.93

0.88

0.90

0.91

Threonine

0.86

0.92

0.87

0.87

0.89

Tryptophan

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.26

0.28

Valine

1.05

1.13

1.08

1.11

1.13

  1. 1All data are the results of a chemical analysis conducted in duplicate.