Effects of supplemental NaHCO3 KCL, CaCL2, NH4CL, and CaSO4, on acid base balance, weight gain and feed intake in Japanese quails exposed to constant chronic heat stress
1997
Keskin, E. | Durgun, Z. (University of Selcuk, Konya (Turkey). Dept. of Animal Physiology)
The effects of dietary supplementation of potassium chloride (KCI) calcium chloride (CaCl2), ammonium chloride (NH4Cl), sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) and calcium sulphate (CaSO4) on acid-base balance, plasma electrolyte, weight gain and feed consumption in chronically thermostressed Japanese quails were investigated. Chronic thermostress lead to significant decrease in pCO2, HCO3, tCO2, weight gain and feed consumption. The supplementation of NH4Cl, CaCl2, KCI and CaSO4 at levels of 1 percent to the basal diet and restricted the increase in pH, while pH significantly increased in the groups received basal diet and dietary NaHCO3 (P0.05). NH4Cl and KCI significantly increased weight gain and feed consumption (P0.05) when compared with birds fed the basal diet. The results showed that particularly NH4Cl and KCI supplementations alleviated the negative effects of chronic heat stress in Japanese quails.
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