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. 2019 Sep 28;9(10):738. doi: 10.3390/ani9100738

Table 1.

Composition of diet for sows during the late gestation and lactation.

Ingredients Late Gestation Lactation
Corn, % - 46.54
Red sorghum, % 25.00 25.00
Unprocessed barley, % 46.72 -
Rice bran meal, % 10.00 -
Soybean meal, % 9.28 22.31
Palm meal, % 5.00 -
Soymeal oil, % - 1.58
Mountain flour, % 1.48 1.60
Monocalcium phosphate, % 0.83 1.09
Sodium chloride, % 0.47 0.51
Sodium bicarbonate, % 0.30 0.30
Lysine, % 0.20 0.34
DL-Methionine, % 0.08 0.07
L-Threonine, % 0.10 0.10
L-Tryptophan, % - 0.02
Choline chloride, % 0.14 0.14
Premix a, % 0.40 0.40
Nutrient composition
Dry matter, % 89.02 87.51
Crude protein, % 13.20 16.50
Ether extract, % 2.18 4.09
Crude ash, % 6.13 5.49
Crude fiber, % 4.92 2.53
Calcium, % 0.77 0.85
Total phosphate, % 0.69 0.54
Available phosphate, % 0.30 0.34
(Standard Total Tract Difestibility) STTD phosphate, % 0.32 0.33
Net energy, kJ/kg 2178.20 2511.40

a The premix provided the following per kg of diets: Cu, 250 mg; Fe, 150 mg; Zn, 200 mg; Mn, 40 mg; Se, 0.4 mg; I, 0.3 mg; vitamin E, 20 mg; vitamin A, 11250 IU; vitamin D3, 2500 IU; vitamin K3, 2.5 mg; vitamin B1, 2.5 mg; vitamin B2, 6.0 mg; vitamin B6, 3.0 mg; vitamin B12, 0.08 mg; biotin, 0.01 mg; pantothenic acid, 12.5 mg; folic acid, 1.25 mg; niacin, 25 mg.