Table 1

Experimental Diets

Nutrient
Basal (Agway Prolab 1000)
Basal Diet + canavanine

Dry Master %
89.88
89.78
All others on DMBasis


NX6.25 %
15.70
17.84
Lipids %
7.05
6.94
Ash %
6.54
6.44
Gross Energy kcal/g
4.5
4.5
Estimated Metabolizable Energy kcal/
3.3
3.3
Calcium %
0.90
0.89
Phosphorus %
0.8
0.79
Arginine %
0.81
0.80
Canavanine %
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1.05

Brown Nutrition & Metabolism 2005 2:7   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-7