Table 1.
Composition of the diets fed from weaning.
| Pregnancy |
Lactation | Post-weaning diet |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diets | Diet | Low fat | High fat | ||
| Casein (g/kg) | 180 | 90 | AIN76G | 180 | 180 |
| Maize starch (g/kg) | 425 | 425 | 150 | 455 | 425 |
| Sucrose (g/kg) | 213 | 213 | 500 | 243 | 213 |
| Choline (g/kg) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Methionine (g/kg) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Vitamin mix (g/kg) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Mineral mix (g/kg) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Cellulose (g/kg) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Folic acid (mg/kg) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Maize oil (g/kg) | 0 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Soybean oil (g/kg) | 100 | 100 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Lard (g/kg) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 90 |
| Energy (MJ/kg) | 17.3 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 16.1 | 17.3 |
| Fatty acids (g/kg) | |||||
| 14:0 | ND | ND | ND | 0.6 | 1.5 |
| 16:0 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 24.0 |
| 18:0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 14.5 |
| 18:1n-9 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 31 | 14.6 | 36.5 |
| 18:2n-6 | 55.4 | 55.4 | 55.1 | 7.3 | 18.3 |
| 18:3n-6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | ND | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 18:3n-3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
Vitamin mix: Thiamine hydrochloride 2.4 mg/kg; riboflavin 2.4 mg/kg; pyridoxine hydrochloride 2.8 mg/kg; nicotinic acid 12.0 mg/kg; D-calcium pantothenate 6.4 mg/kg; biotin 0.01 mg/kg; cyanocobalamin 0.003 mg/kg; retinyl palmitate 6.4 mg/kg; DL-a-tocopherol acetate 79.9 mg/kg; cholecalciferol 1.0 g/kg; menaquinone 0.02 mg/kg.
Mineral mix: Calcium phosphate dibasic 11.3 g/kg; sodium chloride 1.7 g/kg; potassium citrate monohydrate 5.0 g/kg; potassium sulphate 1.2 g/kg; magnesium sulphate 0.5 g/kg; magnesium carbonate 0.1 g/kg; ferric citrate 0.1 g/kg; zinc carbonate 36.2 mg/kg; cupric carbonate 6.8 mg/kg; potassium iodate 0.2 mg/kg; sodium selenite 0.2 mg/kg; chromium potassium sulphate 12.5 mg/kg.
20:3n-6, 20:4n-6, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 were not detected (ND).