Maternal organic selenium supplementation during gestation enhances muscle fiber area and muscle fiber maturation of offspring in porcine model

Table 1 Composition and nutrient levels of the basal diet (as-fed basis)

Item	Gestation	Lactation
Ingredients, %
Corn	63.53	62.89
Soybean meal	14.50	22.13
Soybean oil		2.00
Wheat bran	18.00	6.00
Fish meal		2.60
_L-Lysine HCl (98%)	0.05	0.27
_{D, L}- Methionine (99%)	0.02	0.13
_L-Threonine (98.5%)	0.05
Limestone	1.15	0.98
Dicalcium phosphate	1.65	1.50
Choline chloride (50%)	0.15	0.15
Sodium chloride	0.40	0.40
Sodium bicarbonate		0.40
Vitamin and mineral premix	0.50^a	0.55^b
Total	100.00	100.00
Nutrient level^c
Digestible energy, Mcal/kg	3.04	3.27
Crude protein, %	14.03	17.50
Standard ideal digestible-Lysine, %	0.56	0.98
Total calcium, %	0.88	0.90
Total phosphorus, %	0.71	0.70

^aVitamin and mineral mixture for gestation sows supplied the following amounts of vitamins/kg and minerals/kg of complete diet: 6000 IU vitamin A; 1500 IU vitamin D₃; 80 IU vitamin E; 2.6 mg vitamin B₁; 6.5 mg vitamin B₂; 3.9 mg vitamin B₆; 15 μg vitamin B₁₂; 26 mg niacin; 1.3 mg folate; 120 mg iron; 20 mg copper; 120 mg zinc; 30 mg manganese; 0.3 mg iodine. Control, 0 mg selenium/kg (analysed value is 0.13 mg selenium/kg); Na₂SeO₃, 0.3 mg selenium/kg (analysed value is 0.41 mg selenium/kg); HMSeBA, 0.30 mg selenium/kg (analysed value is 0.46 mg selenium/kg)
^bVitamin and Mineral mixture for lactation sows supplied the following amounts of vitamins/kg and minerals/kg of complete diet: 6000 IU vitamin A; 1200 IU vitamin D₃; 50 IU vitamin E; 1.0 mg vitamin B₁; 3.6 mg vitamin B₂; 1.8 mg vitamin B₆; 12.5 μg vitamin B₁₂; 20 mg niacin; 12.5 mg pantothenic acid; 2.0 mg folacin; 120 mg iron; 20 mg copper; 120 mg zinc; 30 mg manganese; 0.3 mg selenium; 0.3 mg iodine
^cCalculated value

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