Table 11 Linear relationships between distal jejunal apparent digestibility coefficients of starch and 16 amino acids in birds offered either wheat-based or sorghum-based diets
Amino acid | Wheat-based diets | Sorghum-based diets | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation coefficient (r) | Significance (P) | Correlation coefficient (r) | Significance (P) | |
Arginine | −0.536 | 0.007 | 0.408 | 0.048 |
Histidine | −0.509 | 0.011 | 0.469 | 0.021 |
Isoleucine | −0.559 | 0.005 | 0.503 | 0.012 |
Leucine | −0.567 | 0.004 | 0.527 | 0.008 |
Lysine | −0.543 | 0.006 | 0.324 | 0.123 |
Methionine | −0.274 | 0.195 | 0.361 | 0.084 |
Phenylalanine | −0.508 | 0.011 | 0.355 | 0.088 |
Threonine | −0.484 | 0.017 | 0.464 | 0.023 |
Valine | −0.562 | 0.004 | 0.501 | 0.013 |
Alanine | 0.138 | 0.519 | 0.501 | 0.013 |
Aspartic acid | 0.216 | 0.311 | 0.281 | 0.183 |
Glutamic acid | −0.341 | 0.103 | 0.613 | 0.001 |
Glycine | −0.656 | 0.001 | 0.496 | 0.014 |
Proline | −0.503 | 0.012 | 0.659 | 0.000 |
Serine | −0.091 | 0.673 | 0.270 | 0.202 |
Tyrosine | −0.129 | 0.548 | 0.292 | 0.166 |