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Table 1 Ingredients and calculated nutrient composition of the gestation diet1

From: Impact of dietary l-arginine supply during early gestation on myofiber development in newborn pigs exposed to intra-uterine crowding

Item

Gestation diet

Ingredients, % as-fed

 Barley

25.0

 Oat

20.0

 Dried sugar beet pulp

14.3

 Wheat bran

10.0

 Soybean meal

5.7

 Dried apple pomace

5.6

 Dried whole maize plant

5.0

 Animal fat (70% lard and 30 % tallow)

3.0

 Linseed meal

2.0

 Potato protein

2.0

 Rapeseed meal

2.0

 Molasses

2.0

 Dicalcium phosphate

1.16

 Calcium carbonate

0.75

 Sodium chloride

0.56

 Pellan2

0.40

 Vitamin-mineral premix3

0.40

 Amino acids4, %

   l-lysine HCl

0.08

   l-threonine

0.06

Calculated composition, % DM

 Dry matter, % of wet weight

88.35

 Total ash

7.20

 Ether extract

6.80

 Crude protein

15.10

 Digestible energy, MJ/kg DM

13.70

  1. 1In the ARG group, the pellets were top dressed with 25 g l-arginine HCl/(sow·d), and in the Ctrl group, the pellets were top dressed with 43 g l-alanine/(sow·d)
  2. 2Binder that aids in pellet formation (Mikro-Technik, GmbH & Co. KG, Germany)
  3. 3Contains: vitamin A: 2,000,000 U/kg; vitamin D3: 200,000 U/kg; vitamin E: 10 g/kg; I: 137.4 mg/kg; Mn: 5 g/kg; Cu: 1.75 g/kg; Zn: 1.4 g/kg; Se: 50 mg/kg
  4. 4Calculated amino acid composition, g/kg DM: alanine: 6.42; arginine: 8.51; aspartate plus asparagine: 12.70; cystine: 3.15; glutamate plus glutamine: 27.50; glycine: 6.54; histidine: 3.42; isoleucine: 5.74; leucine: 10.72; lysine: 7.90; methionine: 2.46; phenylalanine: 7.00; proline: 9.59; serine: 6.73; threonine: 6.30; tryptophan: 1.83; tyrosine: 5.03; valine: 7.38
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology

ISSN: 2049-1891