Table 3 Apparent ileal digestibility (AID) coefficients (%) of experimental diets

Dry matter^A

87.7

83.8

82.8

82.0

0.66

Protein

84.9

81.4

81.7

80.7

0.98

Energy^A

88.8

86.0

84.6

83.9

0.66

Amino acids

Alanine

82.4

81.1

80.3

81.5

1.31

Arginine

93.1

91.9

91.0

89.5

0.86

Aspartic acid

86.1

83.1

83.1

81.5

1.05

Cystine^A

86.1

85.1

81.8

76.7

1.22

Glutamic acid

88.7

88.1

87.7

86.9

0.92

Glycine

80.2

79.3

77.5

76.3

1.38

Histidine

87.5

86.7

85.7

85.7

0.91

Isoleucine

79.0

83.5

83.1

83.1

1.63

Leucine

87.4

87.4

87.4

86.9

1.03

Lysine

92.7

90.8

90.6

90.6

0.67

Methionine

83.3

82.4

82.1

78.2

1.20

Phenylalanine^A

93.7

92.1

92.0

91.4

0.30

Proline^A

87.5

89.1

83.9

79.6

1.27

Serine

85.5

82.8

82.7

81.1

1.18

Threonine

81.9

77.8

77.5

77.2

1.52

Tyrosine

88.2

88.1

87.3

85.9

0.94

Valine

79.8

85.2

84.1

83.5

1.57