Sodium requirement of the turkey hen.
Two experiments were conducted to determine the sodium requirement of the Large White turkey hen. A supplementation rate of 0.59 g sodium/kg diet (1.0 g sodium/kg in total) was required for maximum production when the hens were fed a maize-soyabean meal diet. The egg production of hens receiving a diet without added sodium had fallen to zero after 70 d. After 1.18 g sodium/kg was added to the diet 40% of hens returned to production within 14 d.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004531:Eggs; D005260:Female; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010058:Oviposition; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013046:Specific Gravity; D014422:Turkeys / Q000502:physiology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride; D012964:Sodium