Effect of the addition of varied salt levels on the performance of growing chickens fed rye diets.
A series of feeding trials were conducted with Single Comb White Leghorn cockerels and broiler chickens to determine if salt per se was a contributing factor in the growth-depressing properties of rye. When added salt level increased from .3 to .6% in rye-based diets growth rate and feed conversion efficiency in young chickens improved significantly (P less than or equal to .05) but not to that of corn-fed birds. The relative growth rate of chickens fed rye diets containing .3% added salt was 78 to 86% of that of birds fed rye diets with .6% added salt.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D004032:Diet; D002523:Edible Grain; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D012434:Secale; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride