Table 2.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of experimental diets, as-fed basis
| Item | Experiment 1 (gestating sows) | Experiment 2 (lactating sows) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basal diet | Pistachio shell powder | Soybean hulls | Basal diet | Pistachio shell powder | Soybean hulls | |
| Ingredient, % | ||||||
| Ground corn | 96.47 | 76.75 | 76.75 | 71.73 | 56.81 | 57.02 |
| Soybean meal | — | — | — | 25.00 | 19.80 | 19.87 |
| Pistachio shell powder | — | 20.00 | — | — | 20.00 | — |
| Soybean hulls | — | — | 20.00 | — | — | 20.00 |
| Ground limestone | 0.98 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.54 | 0.36 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.70 | 1.26 | 1.55 | 1.45 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Vitamin–mineral premix1 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
| Titanium dioxide | — | — | — | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.40 |
| Analyzed nutrient composition | ||||||
| Dry matter, % | 87.78 | 89.41 | 88.09 | 87.68 | 89.62 | 88.28 |
| Gross energy, kcal/kg | 3,716 | 3,828 | 3,704 | 3,798 | 3,882 | 3,755 |
| Crude protein, % | 6.55 | 5.60 | 7.58 | 16.64 | 12.84 | 15.51 |
| Ash, % | 4.37 | 3.88 | 4.96 | 5.01 | 5.04 | 6.17 |
| Total dietary fiber, % | 12.90 | 29.20 | 24.00 | 15.50 | 32.70 | 27.40 |
1The vitamin-micromineral premix provided the following quantities of vitamins and micro minerals per kg of complete diet: vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 10,622 IU; vitamin D3 as cholecalciferol, 1,660 IU; vitamin E as DL-alpha-tocopherol acetate, 66 IU; vitamin K as menadione nicotinamide bisulfate, 1.40 mg; thiamin as thiamine mononitrate, 1.08 mg; riboflavin, 6.49 mg; pyridoxine as pyridoxine hydrochloride, 0.98 mg; vitamin B12, 0.03 mg; D-pantothenic acid as D-calcium pantothenate, 23.2 mg; niacin, 43.4 mg; folic acid, 1.56 mg; biotin, 0.44 mg; Cu, 20 mg as copper chloride; Fe, 123 mg as iron sulfate; I, 1.24 mg as ethylenediamine dihydriodide; Mn, 59.4 mg as manganese hydroxychloride; Se, 0.27 mg as sodium selenite and selenium yeast; and Zn, 124.7 mg as zinc hydroxychloride.