Table 5.

Broiler venous blood pH, sodium (Na), potassium (K), hemoglobin (Hgb), packed cell volume (PCV), glucose (Glu), ionized calcium (iCa), saturated oxygen (sO₂), partial pressure of oxygen (pO₂), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO₂), total carbon dioxide (_TCO₂), bicarbonate (HCO₃), base excess in the extra cellular fluid (BEecf) at 35 days of age, in relationship to 35 days Wooden Breast (WB), and White Striping (WS) scores.

WB1	BW	pH	Na	K	Hgb	PCV	Glu	iCa	sO2	pO2	pCO2	TCO2	HCO3	BEecf
	(g)		(mmol/L)		(g/dL)	(%)	(mg/dL)		(%)	(mmHg)		(mmol/L)
1	2,318	7.43	146	5.55	7.43	21.8	218	1.40	74.2	39.5	37.5	25.8	24.8	0.56
2	2,217	7.41	146	5.46	7.33	21.5	228	1.41	73.5	38.6	40.0	26.9	25.8	1.34
3	2,434	7.41	145	5.46	7.30	21.5	228	1.37	71.4	37.8	41.9	27.8	26.5	1.91
4	2,458	7.42	145	5.52	7.50	22.0	230	1.35	73.8	38.9	39.3	26.7	25.4	1.09
WS2
1	2,301	7.42	146	5.50	7.29	21.4	231	1.39	77.7	41.5	38.8	26.7	25.4	1.07
2	2,382	7.40	145	5.48	7.42	21.8	229	1.36	71.0	37.7	41.5	27.2	26.0	1.44
3	2,387	7.43	145	5.51	7.47	21.9	219	1.39	70.9	36.9	38.8	26.6	25.5	1.16
4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
SEM3	28	0.011	0.50	0.113	0.12	0.36	3.2	0.018	1.67	0.87	1.40	0.52	0.47	0.497
(Probability > F)
WB	<0.01*	0.85	0.19	0.86	0.50	0.51	0.41	0.01*	0.95	0.97	0.90	0.81	0.92	0.94
WS	0.52	0.65	0.63	0.97	0.60	0.62	0.05*	0.79	0.10	0.02*	0.79	0.90	0.99	0.92

^*Correlation analysis differ significantly (P < 0.05).

¹WB, wooden breast score (1 = none, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = severe).

²WS, white striping score (1 = none, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, 4 = severe).

³SEM, Standard error.