Chloride requirement of the turkey breeder hen.
Two experiments were conducted to determine the chloride requirement of Nicholas Large White Turkey hens fed a corn soybean meal diet. No supplemental chloride over the .03% in the basal diet and 20 ppm in the water was required for maximum egg production, fertility, or hatchability. Supplemental chloride at .09% was necessary for maximum specific gravity.
D000818:Animals; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010058:Oviposition; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014422:Turkeys / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D001639:Bicarbonates; D002712:Chlorides; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate