Table 4.

Effect of dietary sodium and sodium salts on carcass and body organ responses of broilers

Item	Dressing weight1)	Breast weight2)	Thigh weight2)	Intestinal weight3)	Abdominal fat1)
Dietary Na (%)
0.17	56.12	31.85	45.26	58.2	3.01
0.26	54.18	32.98	46.28	54.3	3.12
0.35	52.94	33.79	47.34	54.9	2.44
0.44	52.07	34.31	48.30	56.1	2.61
SEM	0.423	0.347	0.627	1.15	0.24
Salts
NaHCO3	53.95	33.16	46.28	56.3	2.74
Na2SO4	53.70	33.30	47.31	55.4	2.84
SEM	0.299	0.246	0.443	0.81	0.17
Na × Salts
0.17 × NaHCO3	55.68	32.11	45.29	58.8	2.96
0.26 × NaHCO3	54.85	32.56	45.05	56.2	2.93
0.35 × NaHCO3	53.38	33.57	46.79	58.7	1.93
0.44 × NaHCO3	51.90	34.40	48.01	51.6	3.12
0.17 × Na2SO4	56.56	31.60	45.24	57.7	3.06
0.26 × Na2SO4	53.50	33.40	47.51	52.4	3.31
0.35 × Na2SO4	52.51	34.01	47.90	51.1	2.94
0.44 × Na2SO4	52.24	34.22	48.58	60.7	2.11
SEM	0.599	0.492	0.886	1.62	0.35
ANOVA	———————— Probability ————————
Na	≤0.001	≤0.001	0.008	NS	NS
NaL	≤0.001	≤0.001	≤0.001	NS	NS
NaQ	NS	NS	NS	0.03	NS
Salt	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Salt × Na	NS	NS	NS	≤0.001	0.04

NS - Non-significant.

¹⁾% of live weight (without visceral organs).

²⁾% of dressed weight (with organs weights).

³⁾measured in grams.

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