Table 1.
Dietary ingredients and analyzed chemical composition of the experimental diets
| Item | Gestation diet | Transition diet | DF-rich supplement2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingredients, g/kg, as-is basis | |||
| Wheat | 621 | 506 | 258 |
| Barley | 125 | 130 | - |
| Oat | 120 | 200 | - |
| Soybean meal | 107 | 120 | - |
| Sugar beet pulp | - | - | 226 |
| Soybean hulls | - | - | 226 |
| Dehulled sunflower meal | - | - | 180 |
| Molasses | - | - | 5.0 |
| Calcium carbonate | 14.6 | 14.9 | 56.5 |
| Sodium chloride | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 4.7 | 11.4 | 9.5 |
| Chromium (III) oxide | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Premix1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Soy oil | - | 10.0 | 31.7 |
| Zinc oxide | - | - | 0.8 |
| Analyzed chemical composition, g/kg DM | |||
| GE, MJ/kg | 17.8 | 17.9 | 17.4 |
| DM, g/kg feed | 877 | 884 | 915 |
| Ash | 51 | 56 | 109 |
| Starch | 497 | 525 | 168 |
| Nonstarch polysaccharides | 127 | 141 | 358 |
| Lignin | 19 | 27 | 33 |
| Dietary fiber | 146 | 168 | 391 |
| Fat | 31.9 | 42.3 | 55.1 |
| CP | 168 | 166 | 153 |
| Ca | 9.6 | 12.0 | 33.2 |
| Lysine | 7.21 | 7.36 | 6.57 |
| Threonine | 5.63 | 5.65 | 5.48 |
| Methionine | 2.37 | 2.40 | 2.62 |
| Alanine | 6.79 | 6.82 | 6.31 |
1Supplied per kilogram of feed: 0.3 g calcium; 8,400 IU vitamin A; 1,200 IU vitamin D3; 83.5 mg vitamin E; 2.1 mg B1 vitamin; 5.3 mg B2 vitamin; 3.2 mg B6 vitamin; 0.02 mg B12; 4.0 mg K3 vitamin; 15.8 pantothenic acid; 21.0 mg niacin; 0.42 mg biotin; 1.6 mg folic acid; 64 mg C4H2FeO4; 40 mg FeSO4; 2 mg calcium iodate; 15 mg CuSO4; 42 mg MnO2; 100 mg ZnO; 0.3 mg sodium selenite and 50 mg endox.
2DF = dietary fiber.