Effects of organic acid-preserved cereal grains in sow diets during late gestation and lactation on the performance and faecal microbiota of sows and their offspring

Table 2 The ingredient composition of the experimental sow diets

Ingredients	g/kg
Wheat^a	380
Barley^a	250
Soyabean meal	170
Soya hulls	10
Full-fat soya	80
Soya oil	25
Pollard	40
Beet pulp	10
Salt	5
Mono calcium phosphate	8
Calcium carbonate (limestone)	12
L-Lysine HCl (78.8%)	4
DL-Methionine	1.3
L-Threonine	2.5
L-Tryptophan	0.7
Premix concentrate^b	1.5^a

^aGrain was either mechanically dried to a moisture content of 140 g/kg or preserved with an organic acid mould inhibitor at an inclusion rate of 4 g/kg and remained at 180 g/kg moisture content
^bVitamin and mineral premix (per kg lactation diet): 70 mg of Fe as FeSO₄; 60 mg of Mn as MnO; 80 mg of Zn as ZnO; 15 mg of Cu as CuSO₄; 0.6 mg of I as calcium iodate on a calcium sulphate/calcium carbonate carrier; 0.2 mg Se as sodium selenite; 3.4 mg of vitamin A as retinyl acetate; 25 mg of vitamin D₃ as cholecalciferol; 100 mg of vitamin E as DL-α-tocopheryl acetate; 2 mg of vitamin K as phytylmenaquinone,, 2 mg of vitamin B₁ as thiamine, 5 mg of vitamin B₂ as riboflavin, 3 mg of vitamin B₆ as pyridoxine, 0.015 mg of vitamin B₁₂ as cyanocobalamin, 12 mg of nicotinic acid; 10 mg of pantothenic acid; 500 mg of choline chloride; 0.02 mg of biotin, 5 mg of folic acid

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