Table 6. Gross energy (GE, kcal/kg) and nutrient composition (%) of soybean meal from different countries (as-is basis)
| Moisture | Crude protein | Ether extract | Crude fiber | Ash | GE | Calcium | Phosphorus | Lysine | Methionine | Cysteine | Threonine |
Argentina | | | | | | | | | | | | |
n | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Mean | 11.61 | 45.17 | 1.24 | 3.94 | 6.02 | 4,400 | 0.30 | 0.64 | 2.79 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 1.78 |
CV | 7.85 | 1.44 | 40.47 | 9.16 | 7.34 | 3.76 | 14.53 | 0.90 | 5.80 | 6.79 | 5.99 | 3.79 |
China | | | | | | | | | | | | |
n | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
Mean | 12.40 | 45.20 | 1.15 | 5.27 | 5.91 | 4,128 | 0.29 | 0.62 | 2.72 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 1.74 |
CV | 3.87 | 2.26 | 30.06 | 17.04 | 4.48 | 3.04 | 14.81 | 12.31 | 7.55 | 11.49 | 7.77 | 7.52 |
India | | | | | | | | | | | | |
n | 83 | 87 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 67 | 77 | 77 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Mean | 11.76 | 46.00 | 1.05 | 6.40 | 7.42 | 4,192 | 0.47 | 0.54 | 2.70 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 1.73 |
CV | 6.18 | 1.73 | 32.46 | 10.80 | 10.48 | 3.00 | 23.30 | 16.51 | 8.15 | 14.12 | 10.95 | 10.08 |
USA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
n | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Mean | 11.88 | 46.17 | 1.19 | 3.95 | 6.20 | 4,223 | 0.36 | 0.66 | 2.86 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 1.83 |
CV | 3.23 | 1.82 | 35.29 | 15.91 | 3.05 | 0.76 | 27.71 | 4.95 | 2.66 | 6.25 | 7.11 | 2.92 |
SEM | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.13 | 55 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
P-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.154 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.004 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.088 | < 0.001 | 0.068 | 0.168 |