Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

Table 3 Endogenous protein and amino acids losses in rats and pigs^a

From: Alternative prediction methods of protein and energy evaluation of pig feeds

	Rat^b					Pig^c
	Mean	SD	n	Min	Max	Mean
Protein	11.102	1.914	8	6.894	13.300	11.82
Lysine	0.293	0.108	18	0.163	0.522	0.40
Methionine	0.098	0.038	15	0.045	0.157	0.11
Cysteine	0.173	0.102	8	0.056	0.380	0.21
Threonine	0.501	0.149	18	0.278	0.782	0.61
Isoleucine	0.331	0.192	18	0.118	0.803	0.38
Arginine	0.234	0.083	18	0.084	0.398	0.39
Histidine	0.170	0.054	18	0.090	0.307	0.19
Leucine	0.398	0.147	18	0.229	0.706	0.49
Phenylalanine	0.214	0.065	18	0.133	0.330	0.34
Valine	0.392	0.178	18	0.189	0.798	0.54

^aexpressed in g per kg dry matter intake
^bReferences: [25, 27, 28, 33, 35–42]
^cReference: [43]

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