Table 1
Sow diet composition (as-fed basis)

ItemsGestation dietLactation diet
Ingredients (%)
 Corn57.1051.12
 Soybean meal (46 % CP)10.6524.61
 Wheat bran12.004.00
 Rapeseed meal3.702.50
 Rice bran6.005.00
 Tallow3.596.05
 Molasses3.603.50
 Dicalcium phosphate1.521.64
 Limstone0.990.76
 Salt0.600.50
 L-lysine HCl (98 %)0.050.12
 Vitamin premixa0.100.10
 Mineral premixb0.100.10
Calculated composition
 ME (MJ/kg)3.193.44
 CP (%)13.1017.10
 Crude fat (%)6.899.10
 Lys (%)0.651.00
 Ca (%)0.870.85
 P (%)0.760.73