Table 3.

Effect of dietary sodium and sodium salts on growth performance of broilers on day

Item	BW gain (g/bird)	Feed intake (g/bird)	Feed:gain (g:g)
Dietary Na (%)
0.17	1,893	3,564	1.95
0.26	1,959	3,634	1.80
0.35	1,883	3,605	1.89
0.44	1,864	3,622	1.95
SEM	30.5	45.9	0.076
Salts
NaHCO3	1,884	3,604	1.88
Na2SO4	1,916	3,608	1.91
SEM	21.6	32.4	0.053
Na × Salts
0.17 × NaHCO3	1,941	3,586	1.82
0.26 × NaHCO3	1,941	3,631	1.83
0.35 × NaHCO3	1,829	3,649	1.91
0.44 × NaHCO3	1,824	3,551	1.98
0.17 × Na2SO4	1,844	3,542	2.08
0.26 × Na2SO4	1,977	3,637	1.76
0.35 × Na2SO4	1,936	3,560	1.88
0.44 × Na2SO4	1,905	3,694	1.91
SEM	43.1	64.9	0.107
ANOVA	———————— Probability ————————
Na	NS	NS	NS
NaL	NS	NS	NS
NaQ	NS	NS	NS
Salt	NS	NS	NS
Salt × Na	0.036	NS	NS

NS - Non-significant.

Na_L and Na_Q are linear and quadratic terms for Na, respectively.