requirement for bicarbonate (Teeter et al., 1985). Bonsembianate et al. (1988) reported that a level of. 0.5% sodium bicarbonate, as a source of bicarbonate,.
Effect of Potassium Chloride and Sodium Bicarbonate Supplementation on Thermotolerance of Broilers Exposed to Heat Stress M.T. Naseem, Shamoon Naseem, M. Younus, Zafar Iqbal Ch., Aamir Ghafoor, Asim Aslam and S. Akhter Department of Pathology, *Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan Abstract: A total of 100-day-old broiler chicken were randomly divided into five groups and kept under elevated temperature (95-98.6oF) to observe the effect of potassium chloride and sodium bicarbonate on the weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), serum potassium and serum bicarbonate level. Thermostress lead to significant in decrease (P
