Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars

Table 1 Composition and calculated nutrient analysis of basal diet (as fed basis)

Item	Diet	Item	Diet
Ingredient, %		Calculated nutrient content
Corn	42.18	Calculated NE, kcal/kg	2.30
Barley	35.00	Crude protein, %	14.25
Rice bran meal	8.08	Crude fat, %	2.50
Soybean meal, 45%	7.00	Crude ash, %	5.54
Fish meal	4.00	Crude fiber, %	3.46
L-Lysine HCl	0.23	SID² Lys, %	0.75
Methionine	0.09	SID Met, %	0.32
Threonine	0.13	SID Thr, %	0.55
Tryptophan	0.02	SID Trp, %	0.15
Ground limestone	1.11	Total Ca, %	0.82
Monocalcium phosphate	1.07	Total P, %	0.77
Sodium chloride	0.37	Available P, %	0.43
Ammonium propionate	0.08
Choline	0.14
Premix¹	0.44
Total	100.00

¹Premix composition (ad-fed basis): copper,17 mg/Kg; iron, 160 mg/Kg; zinc, 140 mg/Kg; manganese, 50 mg/Kg; iodine, 0.50 mg/Kg; Selenium, 0.50 mg/Kg; and chromium, 0.22 mg/Kg
²SID standard ileal digestible; calculated using SID coefficients for the various ingredients obtained from the NRC (2012)

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