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Table 1 Sow diet composition (as-fed basis)

From: Crumbled or mashed feed had no significant effect on the performance of lactating sows or their offspring

Items

Gestation diet

Lactation diet

Ingredients (%)

  

 Corn

57.10

51.12

 Soybean meal (46 % CP)

10.65

24.61

 Wheat bran

12.00

4.00

 Rapeseed meal

3.70

2.50

 Rice bran

6.00

5.00

 Tallow

3.59

6.05

 Molasses

3.60

3.50

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.52

1.64

 Limstone

0.99

0.76

 Salt

0.60

0.50

 L-lysine HCl (98 %)

0.05

0.12

 Vitamin premixa

0.10

0.10

 Mineral premixb

0.10

0.10

Calculated composition

  

 ME (MJ/kg)

3.19

3.44

 CP (%)

13.10

17.10

 Crude fat (%)

6.89

9.10

 Lys (%)

0.65

1.00

 Ca (%)

0.87

0.85

 P (%)

0.76

0.73

  1. aProvided per kilogram of complete diet: vitamin A, 10,000 IU; vitamin D3, 2000 IU; vitamin E, 48 IU; vitamin K3, 1.5 mg; riboflavin, 6 mg; niacin, 40 mg; d-pantothenic, 17 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; choline, 166 mg; vitamin B6, 2 mg; and vitamin B12, 28 μg
  2. bProvided per kilogram of complete diet: Fe (as FeSO47H2O), 90 mg; Cu (as CuSO45H2O), 15 mg; Zn (as ZnSO4), 50 mg; Mn (as MnO2), 54 mg; I (as KI), 0.99 mg; and Se (as Na2SeO35H2O), 0.25 mg