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

ItemGizzardKidneySpleenBursa
————— % of dressed weight1)—————
Dietary Na (%)
0.172.410.310.130.23
0.262.570.360.080.15
0.352.980.370.070.21
0.442.990.370.080.25
SEM0.150.020.020.02
Salts
NaHCO32.850.420.090.21
Na2SO42.620.280.090.22
SEM0.100.020.010.01
Na × Salts
0.17 × NaHCO32.720.420.110.16
0.26 × NaHCO32.650.470.100.18
0.35 × NaHCO32.980.410.080.22
0.44 × NaHCO33.050.390.070.26
0.17 × Na2SO42.110.210.150.29
0.26 × Na2SO42.480.240.610.13
0.35 × Na2SO42.980.330.060.20
0.44 × Na2SO42.930.350.080.24
SEM0.210.040.020.02
ANOVA———————— Probability ————————
Na0.01NSNS0.001
NaL0.002NS0.02NS
NaQNSNSNS0.01
SaltNS≤0.001NSNS
Salt × NaNS0.03NS0.001