Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of dietary supplemental sodium bicarbonate on egg production, egg weight, shell quality, feed conversion efficiency, blood pH, plasma Na+ values and blood gas in Japanese quail Layers reared under high environmental temperature. In this study, 9 weeks old 60 female Japanese quail Layers were used and divided equally into two groups. The control group was fed with basal diet where the second group was fed with a diet containing 0.2 % NaHCO_3. The results showed that, NaHCO_3 supplementation improved egg production (%), shape index (%) and egg shell weight (gr) (P
Keywords
Japanese Quail, egg production, acid-base balance, blood gases, adding NaHCO_3
First Page
139
Last Page
144
Recommended Citation
OKAN, FERDA (1999) "Effects of dietary supplemental sodium bicarbonate on some egg characteristics and blood parameters in Japanese Quail reared under high enviromental temperature," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 23: No. 7, Article 21. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol23/iss7/21
