Research Article
Oxya hyla hyla (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as an Alternative Protein Source for Japanese Quail
Table 1
Amino acid content of grasshopper meal, fish meal, and soybean meal.
| | Properties | Grasshopper meal | Fish meal | Soybean meal | | Amino acids (g/kg of protein) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| | Aspartic acid | 28.42 | 0.1 | 44.21 | 4.6 | 6.02 | 0.03 | | Glutamic acid | 25.01 | 0.1 | 58.08 | 5.9 | 6.88 | 0.03 | | Serine | 47.13 | 0.2 | 20.15 | 0.6 | 2.61 | 0.09 | | Glycine | 53.01 | 0.4 | 30.02 | 0.2 | 1.64 | 0.03 | | Histidine | 70.00 | 0.4 | 66.96 | 6.3 | 2.52 | 0.01 | | Arginine | 74.90 | 0.3 | 30.84 | 0.6 | 7.28 | 0.72 | | Threonine | 204.80 | 4.4 | 19.83 | 0.9 | 1.44 | 0.03 | | Alanine | 22.15 | 0.1 | 29.52 | 2.8 | 2.91 | 0.11 | | Proline | 156.61 | 2.5 | 26.84 | 0.7 | 1.92 | 0.02 | | Tyrosine | 50.90 | 0.6 | 17.01 | 0.6 | 3.35 | 0.11 | | Valine | 30.22 | 0.2 | 25.22 | 0.8 | 4.21 | 0.02 | | Methionine | 19.20 | 0.1 | 14.47 | 0.5 | 0.49 | 0.01 | | Cysteine | 08.62 | 0.2 | 3.98 | 0.3 | 0.79 | 0.02 | | Isoleucine | 15.12 | 0.1 | 22.83 | 0.8 | 1.88 | 0.01 | | Leucine | 68.14 | 0.5 | 42.55 | 0.9 | 3.66 | 0.01 | | Phenylalanine | 56.42 | 0.3 | 21.59 | 0.76 | 2.54 | 0.02 | | Lysine | 69.00 | 0.3 | 44.05 | 1.16 | 6.49 | 0.22 | | Tryptophan | 0.51 | 0.1 | 0.49 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 0.01 |
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