Table 2. Amino acid profiles of the experimental diets in Trial 2 (% of the diet)

Variable Experimental diets
CP20 CP25 CP30 CP35 CP40 CP45
Essential amino acids (EAA)
 Arginine 1.09 1.25 1.52 1.73 1.94 2.12
 Histidine 0.58 0.71 0.89 1.01 1.15 1.28
 Isoleucine 0.84 1.06 1.35 1.54 1.79 1.98
 Leucine 1.46 1.86 2.39 2.73 3.17 3.53
 Lysine 1.41 1.76 2.23 2.57 2.95 3.29
 Methionine 0.41 0.53 0.68 0.80 0.88 0.95
 Phenylalanine 0.83 1.04 1.31 1.48 1.69 1.90
 Threonine 0.85 1.02 1.29 1.47 1.68 1.83
 Valine 0.99 1.23 1.58 1.81 2.10 2.32
 ∑ EAA 8.46 10.46 13.24 15.14 17.35 19.20
Non-essential amino acids (NAA)
 Alanine 1.12 1.31 1.59 1.79 2.02 2.20
 Aspartic acid 1.91 2.24 2.76 3.09 3.50 3.81
 Cystine 0.21 0.23 0.28 0.31 0.34 0.36
 Glutamic acid 2.73 3.48 4.46 5.16 6.03 6.67
 Glycine 1.03 1.20 1.43 1.60 1.80 1.97
 Proline 0.82 1.15 1.56 1.86 2.25 2.56
 Serine 0.82 1.00 1.28 1.47 1.71 1.87
 Tyrosine 0.53 0.65 0.84 1.01 1.30 1.35
 ∑ NAA 9.17 11.26 14.20 16.29 18.95 20.79