Effects of soybean isoflavones on reproductive parameters in Chinese mini-pig boars

Table 1 Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet (% air-dry basis)

Ingredients	Content	Nutrient levels²	Content
Corn	62.0	Digestible energy (MJ/kg)	13.40
Fish meal	8.0	Crude protein	15.30
Whey permeate	5.0	Calcium	0.60
Rapeseed meal	8.0	Total phosphorus	0.67
Wheat bran	10.0	Lysine	0.79
Fat powder	3.0	Methionine	0.56
Premix¹	4.0

¹Premix provided for 1 kg of complete diet: Cu as copper sulfate, 1000 mg; Fe as iron sulfate, 2000 mg; Se as sodium selenite, 8300 mg; Zn as zinc oxide, 3500 mg; Mn as manganese oxide, 1300 mg; vitamin D₃, 52800 IU; vitamin A as retinyl acetate, 301000 IU; vitamin E as α-tocopherol, 742 IU; vitamin K as menadione sodium bisulfate, 71 mg; vitamin B₂, 30 mg; calcium pantothenate, 540 mg; niacin, 1073 mg; and vitamin B₁₂, 0.8 mg.
²Digestible energy was calculated while the other nutrient levels were chemically determined.

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