Sodium supplementation of broiler rations

Synopsis Broiler chickens were fed on diets containing 0.1 to 0.5% sodium from 0 to 8 weeks. During the 0‐ to 4‐week period the best combined growth rate and efficiency of food conversion was obtained when the diet contained 0.2% sodium; for the period 0 to 8 weeks 0.2 and 0.3% were equally good. The treatments had no effect on carcass moisture retention.