Table 2.
Growth performance of broilers fed diet with different NaCl regimens for 35 days

Item CON1 1~35 d 1~28 d2 SEM P-value
0.45 (%) 0.55 (%) 0.45 (%) 0.55 (%)
ADG (g) 51.86ab 51.70b 57.19c 49.88a 52.30b 0.149 0.001
ADFI (g) 85.12b 86.05c 92.52d 84.51a 86.21c 0.038 0.001
FCR (g) 1.67bc 1.67bc 1.62a 1.69c 1.65ab 0.004 0.003
Control diet with 0.35% level of NaCl.
Feeding a specific diet for 28 days and then feeding a CON diet from day 29 to day 35. SEM, standard error of mean; ADG, average daily gain; ADFI, average daily feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio.