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

Table 6 Effect of dietary sodium and sodium salts on body organ weights of broilers at the end of the experiment

Item	Gizzard	Kidney	Spleen	Bursa
	————— % of dressed weight¹⁾ —————
Dietary Na (%)
0.17	2.41	0.31	0.13	0.23
0.26	2.57	0.36	0.08	0.15
0.35	2.98	0.37	0.07	0.21
0.44	2.99	0.37	0.08	0.25
SEM	0.15	0.02	0.02	0.02
Salts
NaHCO₃	2.85	0.42	0.09	0.21
Na₂SO₄	2.62	0.28	0.09	0.22
SEM	0.10	0.02	0.01	0.01
Na × Salts
0.17 × NaHCO₃	2.72	0.42	0.11	0.16
0.26 × NaHCO₃	2.65	0.47	0.10	0.18
0.35 × NaHCO₃	2.98	0.41	0.08	0.22
0.44 × NaHCO₃	3.05	0.39	0.07	0.26
0.17 × Na₂SO₄	2.11	0.21	0.15	0.29
0.26 × Na₂SO₄	2.48	0.24	0.61	0.13
0.35 × Na₂SO₄	2.98	0.33	0.06	0.20
0.44 × Na₂SO₄	2.93	0.35	0.08	0.24
SEM	0.21	0.04	0.02	0.02
ANOVA	———————— Probability ————————
Na	0.01	NS	NS	0.001
Na_L	0.002	NS	0.02	NS
Na_Q	NS	NS	NS	0.01
Salt	NS	≤0.001	NS	NS
Salt × Na	NS	0.03	NS	0.001

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