Diets  
Amino acids RE* PBM0 PBM50 PBM75 PBM100
Essential amino acids          
Arginine 11.8 16.8 17.4 18.2 18.3
Hisitdine 8.4 9.2 8.8 8.9 9.1
Lysine 14.3 14.6 14.8 14.5 14.8
Leucine 9.5 20.4 21.6 22 22.4
Isoleucine  8.7 10.8 11.3 11.7 12
Valine 7.8 13.8 14.8 15.3 15.8
Methionine +Cystine 9 9.8 9.6 10.4 12.1
Threonine 10.5 10.3 11.1 11.6 11.9
Phenyl alinine+Tyrosine 15.5 20.7 20.4 24.9 24.5
Tryptophan  2.8 2.9 3.1 3 3.1
Non essential amino acids          
Glutamic acid - 43 42.9 43.8 43.9
Aspartic acid - 24.3 24.2 24.9 24.5
Glycine - 18.8 19.2 18.9 17.9
Serine - 11.7 15 16.4 17.7
Proline - 18.4 20.4 21.1 21.8
*Requirements according to, NRC (2011).
Table 4: Amino acids contents of the experimental diets (g kg-1) n=3.