Table 3.
Viscera organ weights 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 (%)
Gizzard (%) 1.38 1.27 1.24 1.28 1.26 1.210 0.803
Heart (%) 0.46 0.42 0.46 0.40 0.41 0.014 0.467
Small intestine (%) 5.53b 5.50b 3.92a 5.43b 4.62ab 0.186 0.040
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.