Table 1. Ingredient composition of experimental gestation diets (as-fed basis)

Items Gestation
CON1) 0.3LC 0.7LC
Ingredients (%)
 Corn 49.02 48.93 49.33
 Soybean meal (48%) 4.22 4.25 4.06
 Soybean oil 2.06 2.10 1.89
 Dehulled soybean meal 5.94 5.94 5.94
 Palm kernel meal 2.00 1.94 2.3
 Wheat 24.41 24.41 24.41
 Wheat bran 3.30 3.30 3.33
 Soybean hull 2.20 2.20 2.20
 Molasses 3.25 3.25 3.25
 Mono-calcium phosphate 0.80 0.80 0.80
 Limestone 1.39 1.09 0.69
 MgO 0.02 - -
 Salt 0.50 0.50 0.50
 Methionine (99%) 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Threonine (100%) 0.09 0.09 0.09
 L-Lysine (78%) 0.23 0.23 0.24
 Vitamin / mineral premix2) 0.40 0.40 0.40
 Choline (25%) 0.15 0.15 0.15
 Phytase 0.01 0.01 0.01
 Ca-Mg complex - 0.40 0.40
Calculated composition
 ME (kcal/kg) 3,200 3,200 3,200
Analyzed composition (%)
 DM 88.5 89.1 88.6
 CP 12.8 13.0 12.9
 Fat 4.40 4.44 4.24
 Ca 0.78 0.77 0.62
 P 0.51 0.49 0.50
 Mg 0.19 0.19 0.19
 Lys 0.71 0.72 0.70
 Met 0.21 0.20 0.22
CON, Basal diet; 0.3LC, Basal diet - MgO - 0.3% limestone + 0.40% marine-derived Ca-Mg complex; 0.7LC, basal diet - MgO - 0.7% limestone + 0.40% marine-derived Ca-Mg complex.
Provided per kg of complete diet: 16,800 IU vitamin A; 2,400 IU vitamin D3; 108 mg vitamin E; 7.2 mg vitamin K; 18 mg riboflavin; 80.4 mg niacin; 2.64 mg thiamine; 45.6 mg D-pantothenic; 0.06 mg cobalamine; 12 mg Cu (as CuSO4); 60 mg Zn (as ZnSO4); 24 mg Mn (as MnSO4); 0.6 mg I (as Ca(IO3)2; 0.36 mg Se (as Na2SeO3).
ME, metabolizable energy; DM, dry matter; CP, crude protein; Lys, lysine; Met, methionine.