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
NaL	0.002	NS	0.02	NS
NaQ	NS	NS	NS	0.01
Salt	NS	≤0.001	NS	NS
Salt × Na	NS	0.03	NS	0.001

NS - Non-significant.

¹⁾% of dressed weight (with organ weights).

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