Table 3 Chemical compositions of experimental diets (finishing phase)

ME (Kcal/kg)^b

Crude protein (%)^b

15.5

14.9

14.4

13.2

13.9

13.5

13.2

12.8

Crude protein (%)^a

15.7

15.0

14.5

12.9

14.0

13.6

13.5

12.6

Crude fat (%)^a,c

2.1/3.8

1.8/3.8

2.3/3.4

2.8/5.3

2.7/5.0

2.9/5.3

3.8/5.6

3.3/5.6

Lysine (%)^b

0.75

0.72

0.68

0.60

0.65

0.62

0.60

0.57

Methionine (%)^b

0.24

0.23

0.23

0.22

0.23

0.22

0.22

0.22

Tryptophan (%)^b

0.18

0.18

0.17

0.15

0.16

0.15

0.15

0.14

Tryptophan (%)^b

0.62

0.60

0.58

0.53

0.55

0.54

0.53

0.51

Calcium (%)^b

0.50

0.50

0.48

0.45

0.46

0.45

0.45

0.43

Total phosphorus (%)^b

0.45

0.44

0.43

0.40

0.41

0.41

0.40

0.38