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Table 2 Chemical composition of the eight barley genotypes (g/kg dry matter)

From: Determination of basal ileal endogenous losses and standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids in barley fed to growing pigs

Item

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

B7

B8

CP

118.9

112.6

117.3

116.6

127.4

129.2

125.9

128.4

Indispensable AA

 Arg

6.0

5.7

5.8

6.1

6.2

6.5

6.5

6.3

 His

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.9

2.6

2.6

 Ile

4.3

3.9

4.2

3.8

4.5

4.4

4.2

4.2

 Leu

8.1

7.7

7.7

8.0

8.7

8.9

8.9

8.9

 Lys

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.5

4.1

4.4

4.5

4.3

 Met

1.9

1.8

1.9

1.8

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

 Phe

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.6

6.8

6.5

6.4

6.9

 Thr

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.2

4.2

 Trp

1.4

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

 Val

5.9

5.5

5.9

5.7

6.2

6.3

6.1

5.9

Dispensable AA

 Ala

4.7

4.4

4.7

4.9

4.8

5.0

4.9

4.9

 Asp

7.1

6.7

6.7

7.2

7.1

7.5

7.4

7.2

 Cys

2.4

2.5

2.5

2.7

2.6

2.7

3.0

2.9

 Glu

28.6

26.3

28.4

26.1

31.9

31.8

29.6

30.9

 Gly

4.6

4.8

4.7

5.1

4.8

5.5

5.1

5.0

 Pro

12.8

11.7

12.5

11.5

14.6

14.5

13.4

14.4

 Ser

5.1

4.9

5.0

5.1

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.4

Dry matter

879.0

878.0

880.0

877.0

879.0

881.0

882.0

882.0

Gross energy MJ/kg DM

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.7

18.8

19.1

17.7

18.8

Starch

560.0

564.0

545.0

548.0

541.0

533.0

546.0

550.0

β-glucan

39.5

50.3

43.9

45.7

53.3

43.3

49.9

48.2

Soluble β-glucan

20.6

27.0

20.3

24.8

25.8

24.4

26.6

23.5

Arabinoxylan

81.1

74.4

75.5

75.7

70.5

76.6

86.4

78.8

Soluble arabinoxylan

7.2

4.0

6.5

10.4

7.4

7.1

20.1

14.7

Total NSP

171.1

168.0

176.7

167.0

168.3

168.4

184.1

172.7

Soluble NSP

40.3

46.1

50.5

49.9

55.4

37.6

66.1

58.6

Klason lignin

26.9

20.1

20.7

15.2

24.5

27.4

22.9

18.9

aNDFom

180.2

207.7

209.1

205.3

191.1

194.1

181.4

182.5

ADFom

52.6

51.3

56.3

50.5

44.5

63.4

52.9

46.2

ADL (sa)

8.9

8.7

<0.5

8.0

4.8

7.9

8.5

6.6

  1. CP crude protein, AA amino acids, NSP non-starch polysaccharides, aNDF neutral detergent fiber with heat stable amylase and expressed exclusive residual ash, ADFom acid detergent fiber expressed exclusive of residual ash, ADL (sa) acid detergent lignin determined by solubilization of cellulose with sulphuric acid