Table 2
Amino acid composition of the experimental diet (% of dry matter basis)

Amino acids

From casein and gelatin

From crystalline amino acids

Totala

EAA

 Arginine

0.353

1.924

2.277

 Histidine

0.194

0.725

0.919

 Isoleucine

0.252

1.674

1.926

 Leucine

0.493

2.702

3.195

 Lysine

0.502

0.218b

0.720

 Methionine

0.152

1.030

1.182

 Cystine

0.019

0.172

0.191

 Phenylalanine

0.271

1.742

2.013

 Tyrosine

0.270

1.335

1.605

 Threonine

0.221

1.601

1.822

 Tryptophan

0.065

0.462

0.527

 Valine

0.350

1.999

2.349

NEAA

 Alanine

0.345

1.741

2.086

 Aspartic acid

0.483

4.123

4.606

 Glycine

0.538

0.758

1.296

 Glutamic acid

1.298

4.459

5.757

 Proline

0.790

0.568

1.358

 Serine

0.374

2.398

2.772