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Table 6. Alternative Amino Acid Sources
				Relative Value as a lysine source
Source		Protein %	Lysine %	%	Pounds^a
Plant proteins
	Soybean meal	44	2.90	100	100
	Soybean meal	48.5	3.12	108	93
	Alfalfa meal	17	.80	28	363
	Canola meal	38	2.27	78	127
	Corn gluten meal	42.1	.78	27	372
	Sunflower meal	45.5	1.68	58	173
	Cottonseed meal	41	1.51	52	192
	Wheat bran	15	.56	19	518
	Wheat middlings	16	.68	24	417
	Yeast, brewers dried	45	3.23	111	90
Animal proteins
	Fish meal	60	4.75	164	61
	Blood meal	86	7.44	256	39
	Fish solubles, dried	54	1.73	60	167
	Meat and bone meal	50	2.80	97	104
	Skim milk, dried	33	2.54	87	114
	Tankage	60	3.00	103	97
	Whey, dried	12	.97	33	2.99

^aPounds required to equal 100 pounds of 44% soybean meal when various feeds replace up to 50% of the soybean meal.

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