Table 1.
Ingredient and nutrient composition of gestation diets (%).
| Ingredients | Content |
|---|---|
| Corn | 56.40 |
| Soybean meal | 25.00 |
| Corn starch | 8.00 |
| Limestone | 8.30 |
| CaHPO4 | 1.50 |
| NaCl | 0.30 |
| DL-Methionine | 0.17 |
| Minerals premixa | 0.30 |
| Vitamins premixb | 0.03 |
| Total | 100.00 |
| Nutrient levels | |
| Metabolizable Energy (ME)/(MJ/kg)c | 11.30 |
| CP | 15.20 |
| Lys | 0.82 |
| Met | 0.40 |
| Met + Cys | 0.64 |
| Ca | 3.56 |
| Total P | 0.54 |
| Available P | 0.35 |
a
1 kg of vitamin premix contained the following: VA 8,000 IU VD3 3,600 IU; VE 21 IU; VK3 4.2 mg; VB1 3 mg; VB2 10.2 mg; folic acid 0.9 mg; calcium pantothenate 15 mg; nicotinic acid 45 mg; VB6 5.4 mg; VB12 0.024 mg; and biotin 0.15 mg.
b
1 kg of mineral premix contained the following: Cu 6.8 mg; Fe 66 mg; Zn 83 mg; Mn 80 mg; I 0.6 mg; and Se 0.3 mg.
c
ME was a calculated value, while the others were measured values.