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.