Table 1.
Ingredients and calculated nutrient composition of the gestation diet1
| Item | Gestation diet |
|---|---|
| Ingredients, % as-fed | |
| Barley | 25.0 |
| Oat | 20.0 |
| Dried sugar beet pulp | 14.3 |
| Wheat bran | 10.0 |
| Soybean meal | 5.7 |
| Dried apple pomace | 5.6 |
| Dried whole maize plant | 5.0 |
| Animal fat (70% lard and 30 % tallow) | 3.0 |
| Linseed meal | 2.0 |
| Potato protein | 2.0 |
| Rapeseed meal | 2.0 |
| Molasses | 2.0 |
| Dicalcium phosphate | 1.16 |
| Calcium carbonate | 0.75 |
| Sodium chloride | 0.56 |
| Pellan2 | 0.40 |
| Vitamin-mineral premix3 | 0.40 |
| Amino acids4, % | |
| l-lysine HCl | 0.08 |
| l-threonine | 0.06 |
| Calculated composition, % DM | |
| Dry matter, % of wet weight | 88.35 |
| Total ash | 7.20 |
| Ether extract | 6.80 |
| Crude protein | 15.10 |
| Digestible energy, MJ/kg DM | 13.70 |
1In the ARG group, the pellets were top dressed with 25 g l-arginine HCl/(sow·d), and in the Ctrl group, the pellets were top dressed with 43 g l-alanine/(sow·d)
2Binder that aids in pellet formation (Mikro-Technik, GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
3Contains: vitamin A: 2,000,000 U/kg; vitamin D3: 200,000 U/kg; vitamin E: 10 g/kg; I: 137.4 mg/kg; Mn: 5 g/kg; Cu: 1.75 g/kg; Zn: 1.4 g/kg; Se: 50 mg/kg
4Calculated amino acid composition, g/kg DM: alanine: 6.42; arginine: 8.51; aspartate plus asparagine: 12.70; cystine: 3.15; glutamate plus glutamine: 27.50; glycine: 6.54; histidine: 3.42; isoleucine: 5.74; leucine: 10.72; lysine: 7.90; methionine: 2.46; phenylalanine: 7.00; proline: 9.59; serine: 6.73; threonine: 6.30; tryptophan: 1.83; tyrosine: 5.03; valine: 7.38