Table 2. Ingredient and nutrient specifications of grower diets (11–24 days).

Ingredient composition (g/kg)	Diets
	LS	MS	HS	LSP	MSP	HSP
Corn	598.3	590.8	583.3	615.2	607.8	600.4
Soybean meal	282.0	283.4	284.7	280.2	281.4	282.7
Meat meal	50.0	50.0	50.0	49.0	49.1	49.2
Canola oil	38.7	41.1	43.5	33.2	35.6	38
Limestone	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.5
Dicalcium phosphate	7.9	7.9	7.9	0	0	0
Salt	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Sodium bicarbonate	1.4	5.1	8.8	0.3	4	7.7
TiO2	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Premix1)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Choline Cl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
L-Lysine HCl	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9
DL-Methionine	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
L-Threonine	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
Phytase (U/kg diet)	0	0	0	500	500	500
Calculated values (g/kg)2)
Calcium	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7
Available phosphorus	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Total phosphorus	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Sodium	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	2.5	3.5
Potassium	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5
Chloride	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
Analysed values (g/kg)
Calcium	8.9	9.0	8.9	8.9	8.8	8.6
Total phosphorus	7.1	6.9	7.0	5.6	5.6	5.8
Sodium	1.5	2.6	3.5	1.4	2.4	3.4
Phytase (U/kg)	40	38	45	550	565	559

¹⁾Supplied per kg of diet (mg): 11,998.8 IU vitamin A (as all-trans retinol); 3,600 IU cholecalciferol; 65.56 IU vitamin E (as d-α-tocopherol); 2 mg vitamin K₃; 2 mg thiamine; 6 mg riboflavin; 5 mg pyridoxine hydrochloride; 0.2 mg vitamin B₁₂; 0.1 mg biotin; 50 mg niacin; 12 mg D-calcium pantothenate; 2 mg folic acid; 80 mg Mn; 60 mg Fe; 8 mg Cu; 1 mg I; 0.3 mg Co; 1 mg Mo.

²⁾All diets were formulated to contain 13.2 MJ/kg metabolisable energy; 215 g/kg crude protein; 4.7 g/kg digestible methionine; 11.5 g/kg digestible lysine; 8.7 g/kg digestible methionine + cysteine; 7.7 g/kg digestible threonine, 12.3 g/kg digestible arginine.

LS, low Na; MS, mid Na; HS, high Na; LSP, low Na with phytase; MSP, mid Na with phytase; HSP, high Na with phytase.