Nutrient Composition Units Soy Diet (%) Soy- Free Diet (%)
Dry Matter % 88.08 86.84
Metabolozable Energy Kcal/g 2.90 2.90
Protein % 23.18 23.14
Ether Extract % 2.68 4.11
Linoleic Acid % 2 1.56
Crude Fiber % 3.60 2.99
Calcium % 1.19 0.86
Total Phosphorus % 0.85 0.88
Avail. Phosphorus % 0.50 0.52
Ca:P=2   1.40 0.08
Chlorine % 0.63 0.63
Manganese mg/kg 630.14 635.28
Sodium % 0.23 0.22
Zinc mg/kg 517.17 542.11
Choline mg/g 13.34 26.17
Folic Acid mg/kg 6.77 1.36
Arginine % 1.39 1.12
Glycine % 0.86 1.02
Serine % 1.03 0.89
Glycine and Serine % 2.19 1.91
Histidine % 0.55 0.49
Isoleucine % 0.86 0.86
Leucine % 1.78 2.13
Lysine % 2.23 2.31
Methionine % 1.50 1.87
Cysteine % 0.35 0.32
TSAA % 1.85 2.20
Phenylalanine % 0.99 0.95
Tyrosine % 0.8 0.76
TAAA % 1.77 1.71
Threonine % 0.77 0.76
Tryptophan % 0.28 0.20
Valine % 0.97 1.02
Table 1: Diets compositions; The ingredients list (first six) for the soy diet: soybean, corn and wheat middling. The ingredients list (first six) for the soy- free diet: corn, wheat, fish meal and wheat middling.