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. 2020 Jan 29;4(2):519–530. doi: 10.1093/tas/txaa010

Table 1.

Ingredient and nutrient composition of sow diets (as-fed basis)

Ingredient, % Gestation Lactation
Corn 49.20 52.90
Wheat middlings 15.00
Soybean meal 2.50 26.96
DDGS1 30.00 15.00
Choice white grease 1.00
Limestone 1.70 1.50
Monocalcium phosphate, 21% P 0.45 0.80
Salt 0.45 0.45
l-Lysine HCl 0.23 0.32
l-Threonine 0.10
Choline chloride 60% 0.14 0.05
Dyna K 0.63
Sow pack2 0.08 0.04
Premix3 0.25 0.25
Total 100.00 100.00
Analyzed nutrient composition
 Moisture, % 13.4 15.7
 Crude protein, % 16.0 19.2
 Crude fat, % 4.3 4.3
 Crude fiber, % 3.6 2.1
 Ash, % 6.0 8.0
 Calcium, % 1.01 1.94
 Phosphorus, % 0.63 0.60
 Zinc total, ppm 184.6 255.9

1Dried distillers grains with solubles.

2Contained direct-fed microbial, mycotoxin binder, yeast culture, and carnitine.

3Contained the following nutrients per kg of premix: vitamin A, 4,409,240 IU; vitamin D3, 1,587,326 IU; vitamin E, 26,455 IU; menadione, 1,764 mg; riboflavin, 3,307 mg; niacin, 19,842 mg; pantothenic acid, 13,228 mg; pyridoxine, 5,732 mg; vitamin B12, 15 mg; folic acid, 661 mg; biotin, 88 mg; phytase, 132,277 FTU; zinc, 110,231 ppm (60% as ZnSO4, 40% as AvailaZn, Zinpro, Eden Prairie, MN); iron, 97,003 ppm; manganese, 35,274 mg; chromium, 176 ppm; copper, 14,550 ppm; iodine, 485 ppm; selenium, 265 ppm.