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

^a1 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.

^b1 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.

^cME was a calculated value, while the others were measured values.