Carcass and body organ characteristics of broilers supplemented with dietary sodium and sodium salts under a phase feeding system

Table 5 Drinking water properties during the experimental period

Phase	Item	Salinity	TDS¹⁾	EC²⁾	Temperature	pH	DO³⁾
Phase 1	Max	1.30	1284	1.39	29.7	7.49	5.40
	Min	1.20	1198	1.27	26.2	7.31	3.90
	Average	1.25	1251	1.32	27.3	7.40	4.65
Phase 2	Max	1.20	1111	1.21	26.4	7.35	5.07
	Min	1.20	1060	1.06	25.8	7.17	3.70
	Average	1.20	1088	1.12	26.0	7.27	4.39
Phase 3	Max	1.30	1187	1.24	25.2	7.40	5.60
	Min	1.20	1108	1.08	24.3	7.21	3.70
	Average	1.22	1144	1.15	24.9	7.33	4.65
Phase 4	Max	1.20	1194	1.21	24.8	7.33	5.07
	Min	1.20	1110	1.07	24.0	7.23	3.70
	Average	1.20	1141	1.11	24.2	7.29	4.39

¹⁾TDS - Total Dissolved Solids.
²⁾EC - Electric Conductivity.
³⁾DO - Dissolved Oxygen.
Salinity, TDS, EC, temperature, and DO were measured as parts per thousand (ppt), parts per million (PPM), millisemen/centimeter (mS/cm), centigrade (°C) and milligram/litre (mg/L), respectively.

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