Table 2.

Nutrient composition of basal diets for different phases of birds fed four levels of sodium with two sources of sodium salts ¹⁾

Nutrients	Pre-starter	Starter	Grower	Finisher
	(1 – 10 d)	(11 – 20 d)	(21 – 33 d)	(34 – 42 d)
ME (kcal/kg)	2900	3000	3000	3147
Crude Protein (%)	21.00	20.00	19.00	18.00
Calcium (%)	1.00	0.90	0.90	0.85
Available Phos. (%)	0.45	0.42	0.40	0.35
Sodium (%)	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Potassium (%)	0.71	0.71	0.71	0.71
Chloride (%)	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.20
DEB2) (mEq/kg)	160	160	160	160
Dig Lys (%)	1.10	1.05	0.97	0.93
Dig Met/Dig Lys	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.44
Dig Met + Dig Cys/Dig Lys (%)	0.72	0.71	0.72	0.72
Dig Thr/Dig Lys	0.66	0.67	0.66	0.66
Dig Try/Dig Lys	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.17

¹⁾NaHCO₃ and Na₂SO_4.

²⁾Dietary Electrolyte Balance (mEq/kg) = (% Na × 10,000 / 23) + (% K × 10,000 / 39.1) – (% Cl × 10,000 / 35.5).