Table 1. Composition of gestation diet (choline-deficient) 1 .
| Ingredient | g/kg |
|---|---|
| Ground corn | 785.0 |
| Molassed dried sugar beet pulp | 70.0 |
| Soy protein isolate 2 | 60.0 |
| Cornstarch | 42.7 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 20.0 |
| Corn oil | 10.0 |
| Limestone | 7.5 |
| Vitamin and mineral premix 3 | 3.0 |
| DL-Met | 1.5 |
| L-Trp | 0.3 |
1Choline sufficient diet was produced by replacing 1.8 g of cornstarch per kg of final diet with choline chloride (containing 60% choline). Choline deficient and sufficient gestation diets were analyzed to contain 625 and 1,306 mg of choline per kg diet, respectively.
2Ardex F, Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL.
3Provided per kg of complete diet: Ca, 0.6 mg (CaCO3); P, 298.8 mg; Mg, 1.8 mg; K, 2.4 mg; Na, 0.3 mg; S, 172.2 mg; Zn, 125.1 mg; Fe, 129.1 mg (FeSO4); Mn, 60.3 mg (MnSO4); Cu, 10.2 mg (CuCl2, CuSO4); I, 1.3 mg; Se, 0.3 mg (Na2SeO3); Cl, 2.1 mg; Vit A, 11.1 kIU; Vit D, 2.2 kIU; Vit E, 66.1 kIU; Vit K, 1.4 mg (menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite); thiamin, 0.2 mg (thiamine mononitrate); riboflavin, 6.6 mg; niacin, 44.1 mg; pantothenic acid, 23.5 mg (D-calcium pantothenate); pyridoxine, 0.2 mg (pyridoxine-HCl); biotin, 0.4 mg; folacin, 1.6 mg; Vit B12, 0.03 mg.