Effect of Dietary Sodium Bicarbonate as a Replacement of Sodium Chloride Salt on Some Blood and Physiological Parameters of Broilers Experimentally Infected with Eimeria

Abstract

    This study was conducted to determined the effect of dietary sodium bicarbonate as a replacement of sodium chloride salt on some blood and physiological parameters of broilers experimentally infected with Eimeria. A totally of 120 one-day old chicks were divided into three groups, 40 chicks in each . The first group fed standard ration supplemented with 0.3 % sodium chloride salt, second and third groups were fed standard ration supplemented with 0.3 and 0.6 % sodium bicarbonate salt respectively. Blood samples were collected from all groups after experimentally infected with Eimeria. The results revealed that dietary sodium bicarbonate as a replacement of sodium chloride salt did not affected blood and physiological parameters of broilers before Eimeria infection, when as replacement of sodium bicarbonate salt (T2 and T3) groups significantly (P<0.05) increased blood Hb, RBC, Lymphocyte cell and serum enzymes activity in comparison with control (T1) . This indicated the important of dietary sodium bicarbonate as a replacement of sodium chloride salt to improve health and physiological status of broilers experimentally infected with Eimeria.