Table 6.

Effect of chronic HS and amino acid-chelated trace mineral supplementation on blood parameters in chicken¹

Diet	Control		Avalar		P-values
Environment	TN	HS	TN	HS	Diet (D)	Environment (E)	Interaction (D × E)
pH	7.49 ± 0.053	7.47 ± 0.062	7.48 ± 0.056	7.44 ± 0.073	0.318	0.142	0.622
pCO2, mmHg	33.1 ± 6.2	33.2 ± 7.6	31.8 ± 5.3	40.5 ± 11.3	0.243	0.091	0.094
pO2, mmHg	71.4 ± 15.6	79.4 ± 13.9	77.0 ± 17.5	74.8 ± 17.8	0.925	0.580	0.326
HCO3, mmol/L	24.7 ± 3.3	23.2 ± 3.4	23.1 ± 2.1	26.3 ± 4.3	0.670	0.431	0.031
BE, mmol/L	2.5 ± 3.3	1.0 ± 3.1	0.8 ± 2.2	3.8 ± 4.3	0.599	0.474	0.037
sO2, %	89.9 ± 6.3	91.1 ± 4.8	91.6 ± 5.5	87.0 ± 8.6	0.560	0.410	0.163
TCO2, mmol/L	25.6 ± 3.5	23.9 ± 3.6	23.8 ± 2.2	27.4 ± 4.4	0.450	0.399	0.023
Na, mmol/L	146.1 ± 1.6	146.3 ± 2.1	146.7 ± 1.7	145.3 ± 1.8	0.729	0.302	0.171
K, mmol/L	4.7 ± 0.3	4.7 ± 0.3	4.6 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.2	0.122	0.629	0.189
iCa, mmol/L	1.19 ± 0.15	1.18 ± 0.16	1.23 ± 0.11	1.29 ± 0.11	0.088	0.496	0.373
Glucose, mg/dL	205.5 ± 28.4	199.9 ± 26.9	203.9 ± 19.7	223.9 ± 20.2	0.151	0.351	0.102
Hct, %PCV	18.7 ± 1.6	20.5 ± 3.4	19.1 ± 2.0	19.9 ± 2.0	0.916	0.105	0.505
Hb, g/dL	6.3 ± 0.6	7.1 ±1.0	6.5 ± 0.7	6.8 ± 0.7	0.689	0.046	0.351

¹Data are means ± SEM. n = 10 per group. pCO₂, partial pressure of carbon dioxide; pO₂, partial pressure of oxygen; HCO₃, bicarbonate; BE, base excess; sO₂, oxygen saturation; TCO₂, total carbon dioxide; Na, sodium; K, potassium; iCa, ionized calcium; Hct, hematocrit; Hb, hemoglobin; PCV, packed cell volume.