Four experiments were carried out with broiler chicks from day-old to three or
four weeks of age to assess the effects of nitrates and nitrites from calcium,
potassium, and sodium salts in the drinking water of broilers on growth, body
weights, feed utilization, blood chemistries, liver tissues, and lipid oxidation of breast
and thigh tissues. Body weights were lower (P<.05) among chicks consuming
calcium nitrate than those of chicks consuming sodium nitrate or the control. Chicks
consuming calcium nitrate (Ca(NO���)���) at 1000 ppm had lower (P<.05) body weights
than those drinking Ca(NO���)��� at 0, 50, or 200 ppm. Broilers receiving 1000 ppm of
calcium nitrite (Ca(NO���)���) had depressed body weights when compared to chicks
consuming 0, 50, or 200 ppm of Ca(NO���)���. Consumption of sodium nitrate (NaNO���)
at 2033 ppm reduced (P<.05) broiler weights in comparison to broilers ingesting 0,
111, or 427 ppm of NaNO���. Feed utilization was less efficient (P<.05) by chicks
ingesting Ca(NO���)��� and calcium, potassium, or sodium salts of nitrite when compared
with the control. / Graduation date: 1996
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/34903 |
| Date | 10 May 1996 |
| Creators | Reeder, Julie A. |
| Contributors | Nakaue, Harry S. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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