Table 5.
Proximate chemical composition in breast meat of broilers treated different NaCl regimens for 35 days

Item	CON¹	1~35 d		1~28 d²		SEM³	P-value treatment
Item	CON¹	0.45 (%)	0.55 (%)	0.45 (%)	0.55 (%)	SEM³	P-value treatment
Protein (%)	22.63^ab	23.46^c	23.40^bc	22.27^a	23.48^c	0.082	0.001
Crude ash (%)	1.52^b	1.23^a	1.51^b	1.15^a	1.12^a	0.020	0.001
Calcium (%)	0.033^a	0.048^ab	0.035^a	0.048^ab	0.058^c	0.041	0.001
Phosphorous (%)	0.22	0.21	0.23	0.22	0.23	0.006	0.716
Salt (%)	0.070	0.070	0.065	0.073	0.075	0.066	0.563
Ether extract (%)	4.71	4.31	4.23	4.53	4.42	0.060	0.160

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.