Evaluation of sodium bicarbonate, chloride, or sulfate with a coccidiostat in corn-soy or corn-soy-meat diets for broiler chickens.

Abstract

During the period from January to June, combined-sex broiler chickens were inoculated with coccidia via drinking water at 14 d of age. In a completely randomized design (eight replicate pens; 88 chicks per pen) using built-up litter, experimental diets contained monensin plus 0.20% dietary sodium bicarbonate (SBC), which provided 0.054% sodium and 0.144% bicarbonate. Treatment with SBC significantly improved coccidial lesion score, 45-d body weight, and feed efficiency compared with monensin alone. In a 2 x 5 factorial trial using built-up litter pens (eight replicate pens; 88 chicks per pen) vs. each ionophore alone, 0.20% dietary SBC with monensin significantly improved body weight, uniformity, and feed efficiency; 0.20% SBC with halifuginone, lasalocid, monensin, or salinomycin significantly reduced mortality; and 0.20% SBC with lasalocid, monensin, or salinomycin significantly increased breast meat yield. In a 2x4 factorial trial (12 replicate pens; 88 chicks per pen) on built-up litter, corn-soy and corn-soy-meat diets (higher potassium, lower chloride) with monensin were evaluated using 0.054% sodium from SBC, NaCl, or sodium sulfate decahydrate (SSD). With both diet types, SBC (0.20%) or NaCl (0.139% extra) significantly improved weight uniformity, feed efficiency, mortality, and breast meat yield; however, the SSD results were closer to controls. In a 21-d battery brooder test using similar diets and design (2x4 factorial; 4 replicate pens; 10 chicks per pen), SBC and NaCl significantly reduced coccidial lesion scores; SSD produced a significant, but weaker effect. Extra NaCl significantly increased water intake (approximately 37%), water excretion (approximately 27%), and litter moisture (approximately 22%) with both diet types. The SSD did not affect water intake.

• Authors: D M Hooge, K R Cummings, J L McNaughton
• Journal: Poultry science (Poult Sci) Vol. 78 Issue 9 Pg. 1300-6 (Sep 1999) ISSN: 0032-5791 [Print] England
• PMID: 10515361 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Coccidiostats
• Sulfates
• sodium sulfate
• Sodium Chloride
• Sodium Bicarbonate

Topics

• Animal Feed
• Animals
• Chickens (physiology)
• Coccidiosis (prevention & control, veterinary)
• Coccidiostats (pharmacology)
• Diet
• Female
• Male
• Meat Products
• Sodium Bicarbonate (pharmacology)
• Sodium Chloride (pharmacology)
• Soybeans
• Sulfates (pharmacology)
• Zea mays