Table 3. Analyzed composition of sow gestation diets and piglet milk replacers 1 .
Sow Gestation Diets | Piglet Milk Replacers | |||
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Item | Deficient | Sufficient | Deficient | Sufficient |
Dry matter, % | 87.33 | 87.32 | 96.73 | 96.87 |
————————————g/100 g of dry matter———————————— | ||||
Organic matter | 95.35 | 95.57 | 91.56 | 91.63 |
Crude protein | 13.51 | 13.64 | 24.40 | 23.96 |
Crude fat | 4.35 | 3.39 | 15.26 | 15.67 |
Gross energy, kcal/g | 4.43 | 4.37 | 4.68 | 4.84 |
Choline, mg/kg | 625 | 1,306 | 477 | 1,528 |
Folic acid, mg/kg | 1.43 | 1.45 | 1.21 | 1.01 |
Amino acids | ||||
Arg | 0.78 | 0.76 | 1.31 | 1.40 |
Cys | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.50 |
Iso | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.94 | 1.01 |
Leu | 1.26 | 1.26 | 1.56 | 1.65 |
Lys | 0.63 | 0.62 | 4.31 | 4.16 |
Met | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
Phe | 0.65 | 0.64 | 1.00 | 1.06 |
Thr | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 0.74 |
Trp | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.32 |
Val | 0.68 | 0.65 | 1.02 | 1.08 |
1Experimental diets were formulated to meet or exceed requirements for sows and piglets [24].