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Table 3 Amino acid (AA) composition in copra and palm kernel ingredients (as-fed basis)1

From: Nutritional value of high fiber co-products from the copra, palm kernel, and rice industries in diets fed to pigs

Item

Copra meal

Copra expellers

Palm kernel meal

Palm kernel expellers

Soybean meal

 

%

% of CP

%

% of CP

%

% of CP

%

% of CP

%

% of CP

Crude protein

22.00

-

20.20

-

13.60

-

14.30

-

47.73

-

Indispensable AA

 Arg

2.08

9.45

1.70

8.42

1.36

10.00

1.52

10.63

3.45

7.23

 His

0.35

1.59

0.29

1.44

0.17

1.25

0.20

1.40

1.28

2.68

 Ile

0.66

3.00

0.06

0.30

0.41

3.01

0.47

3.29

2.14

4.48

 Leu

1.20

5.45

1.19

5.89

0.71

5.22

0.82

5.73

3.62

7.58

 Lys

0.42

1.91

0.39

1.93

0.36

2.65

0.36

2.52

2.96

6.20

 Met

0.27

1.23

0.24

1.19

0.22

1.62

0.25

1.75

0.66

1.38

 Phe

0.79

3.59

0.79

3.91

0.47

3.46

0.53

3.71

2.40

5.03

 Thr

0.55

2.50

0.57

2.82

0.33

2.43

0.37

2.59

1.86

3.90

 Trp

0.15

0.68

0.15

0.74

0.05

0.37

0.12

0.84

0.66

1.38

 Val

0.97

4.41

0.91

4.50

0.57

4.19

0.65

4.55

2.23

4.67

Total

7.44

33.81

6.29

31.14

4.65

34.20

5.29

37.01

21.26

44.53

Dispensable AA

 Ala

0.85

3.86

0.79

3.91

0.46

3.38

0.53

3.71

2.06

4.32

 Asp

1.50

6.82

1.49

7.38

0.89

6.54

0.99

6.92

5.41

11.33

 Cys

0.28

1.27

0.26

1.29

0.17

1.25

0.17

1.19

0.70

1.47

 Glu

3.34

15.18

3.43

16.98

2.02

14.85

2.29

16.01

8.54

17.89

 Gly

0.82

3.73

0.82

4.06

0.53

3.90

0.58

4.06

1.99

4.17

 Pro

0.60

2.73

0.63

3.12

0.36

2.65

0.40

2.80

2.53

5.30

 Ser

0.71

3.23

0.77

3.81

0.44

3.24

0.50

3.50

2.36

4.94

 Tyr

0.41

1.86

0.54

2.67

0.29

2.13

0.29

2.03

1.59

3.33

Total

8.51

38.68

8.73

43.22

5.16

37.94

5.75

40.22

25.18

52.75

All AA

Arg:Lys, %

4.95

-

4.36

-

3.78

-

4.22

-

1.17

-

  1. 1References [9, 10, 15]