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Table 1 Ingredient composition and nutrient content of experimental diets (g/kg, as-fed basis)

From: Effect of dietary near ideal amino acid profile on heat production of lactating sows exposed to thermal neutral and heat stress conditions

 

High crude protein

Low crude protein

Ingredient composition

 Corn, yellow dent

591.7

614.5

 Soybean meala

300.0

140.0

 Soy hulls

–

105.7

 Sugar food productb

50.0

50.0

 Beef tallow

33.5

50.2

L-Lysine·HCl

–

4.7

L-Valine

–

2.9

 L-Threonine

–

2.0

L-Phenylalanine

–

1.3

DL-Methionine

–

1.1

L-Isoleucine

–

0.8

L-Histidine

–

0.7

L-Tryptophan

–

0.5

L-Leucine

–

–

 Limestone

11.8

9.3

 Dicalcium phosphate

4.5

7.8

 Sodium chloride

5.0

5.0

 Vitamin and mineral premixc

2.5

2.5

 Titanium dioxide

1.0

1.0

Calculated nutrientd

 Net energy, MJ/kg

10.8

10.8

 Crude protein

192.4

140

 Fermentable fiber

115.8

115.8

SIDe amino acids

 Arginine

11.7

7.1

 Histidine

4.7

3.7

 Isoleucine

7.1

5.2

 Leucine

14.7

10.3

 Lysine

9.0

9.0

 Methioninef

2.7

3.0

 Methionine + cysteine

5.4

4.9

 Phenylalanine

8.4

6.7

 Phenylalanine + tyrosine

13.8

10.3

 Threonine

6.1

5.8

 Tryptophan

2.1

1.7

 Valine

7.7

7.9

Nitrogen

26.3

18.8

Total calciumg

6.5

6.5

STTDh phosphorusg

2.3

2.3

  1. a480 g/kg crude protein
  2. bSupplied per kg: net energy 11.9 MJ; fermentable fiber 0.5 g/kg; crude protein 10 g/kg (International Ingredient Corporation, St. Louis, MO, USA)
  3. cSow micro 5 and Se-yeast PIDX15 (Provimi North America, Inc. Brookville, Ohio, USA)
  4. dBased on nutrient concentrations in feed ingredients [16]
  5. eSID standardized ileal digestibility coefficient [16]
  6. fMethionine concentration in Optimal and Optimal + Leucine is higher than Control because methionine was added to meet requirement of (methionine + cysteine)
  7. gConcentration of calcium and phosphorus were based on phytase activity from the premix
  8. hSTTD standard total tract digestibility coefficient