Table 2 Amino acid profile of the experimental diets (%, as-fed basis)
Items | Corn-soybean meal based diet (CD) | Starch-casein based purified diet (PD) |
|---|---|---|
Crude protein | 17.22 | 17.24 |
Lysine | 0.90 | 1.36 |
Methionine + Cystine | 0.63 | 0.60 |
Threonine | 0.68 | 0.77 |
Tryptophan | 0.24 | 0.26 |
Isoleucine | 0.72 | 0.89 |
Leucine | 1.65 | 1.64 |
Valine | 0.85 | 1.16 |
Arginine | 1.17 | 0.63 |
Histidine | 0.49 | 0.50 |
Phenylalanine | 0.90 | 0.90 |