Table 1. Chemical composition of experimental diets

Items Treatments
No-citric acid Citric acid
No-heat (SBM) Heat (HSBM) No-heat (CSBM) Heat (HCSBM)
DM (%) 90.3 99.5 89.6 97.4
CP (%DM) 51.6 52.6 47.7 47.9
EE (%DM) 1.83 1.72 1.70 2.18
NDF (%DM) 8.51 16.7 8.02 13.4
Lignin (%DM) 0.80 2.43 1.23 2.03
Ash (%DM) 7.31 7.18 6.94 6.51
GE (MJ/kg of DM) 18.9 19.5 18.7 18.8
SBM, untreated soybean meal; HSBM, heat-treated soybean meal; CSBM, citric acid-treated soybean meal; HCSBM, heat and citric acid-treated soybean meal; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; EE, ether extract; NDF, neutral detergent fiber; GE, gross energy.