Table 1.

Ingredients and nutrient levels of the basal diet for late gestating sows (air-dry basis, %).

Item	Content
Ingredients
Yellow corn	65.0
Soybean meal	24.3
Soybean oil	2.5
Steam fish meal	3.0
Fine stone powder	1.2
Glucose	1.0
DL-Methionine	0.08
L-Threonine	0.07
L-Lysine•HCl	0.35
CaHPO4	1.0
NaCl	0.5
Vitamin-mineral premix1	1.0
Total	100.0
Nutrient levels2
ME, MJ/kg	13.4
Crude protein	17.0
Total P	0.66
Ca	0.85

¹The vitamin-mineral premix provided the following per kilogram of the basal diets: sweetening agent 200 mg, antioxidant 100 mg, vitamin D₃ 3,000 IU, vitamin E 20 IU, vitamin K₃ 1.8 mg, vitamin A 6,000 IU, riboflavin 6.0 mg, thiamine 2.0 mg, pyridoxine 4.0 mg, vitamin B₁₂ 0.02 mg, niacin 26.0 mg, pantothenic acid 18.0 mg, folic acid 3.2 mg, biotin 0.4 mg, Zn (as ZnSO4⋅H₂O) 100 mg, Cu (as CuSO₄⋅5H₂O) 20 mg, Mn (as MnSO₄⋅H₂O) 50 mg, Se (as Na₂SeO₃) 0.30 mg, I (as KI) 1.2 mg.

²The nutrient levels were calculated values.