Table 3. Ingredient and nutrient specifications of finisher diets (25–35 days).

Ingredient composition (g/kg)	Diets
	LS	MS	HS	LSP	MSP	HSP
Corn	629.4	622.9	615.9	627.6	631.6	624.2
Soybean meal	259.7	259.8	260.5	283.6	269.1	270.4
Meat meal	48.7	49.5	50.0	31.4	41.5	41.5
Canola oil	40.1	42.2	44.5	39.6	38.9	41.3
Limestone	6.1	6.0	5.9	7.9	6.9	6.9
Dicalcium phosphate	6.7	6.5	6.5	1.9	0	0
Salt	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Sodium carbonate	0.7	4.4	8.1	0	3.5	7.2
Premix1)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Choline Cl	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9
L-Lysine HCl	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.8
DL-Methionine	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.7
L-Threonine	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8
Phytase (U/kg of 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	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9
Sodium	1.5	2.5	3.5	1.5	2.5	3.5
Potassium	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.3	8.3
Chloride	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2
Analysed values (g/kg)
Calcium	8.6	8.7	8.9	8.4	8.8	8.6
Total phosphorus	7.2	7.4	7.0	5.8	5.8	5.4
Sodium	1.4	2.5	3.6	1.5	2.3	3.3
Phytase (U/kg)	40	45	42	550	526	538

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 13.4 MJ/kg metabolizable energy; 195 g/kg crude protein; 4.3 g/kg digestible methionine; 10.3 g/kg digestible lysine; 8.0 g/kg digestible methionine + cysteine; 6.9 g/kg digestible threonine, 11.0 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.