The effect of different dietary potassium and chloride levels on performance and excreta dry matter in broiler chickens

The aim of this 3 × 3 factorial experiment on broilers was to investigate the effect of differ - ent dietary levels of potassium and chloride on chicken performance, carcass composition and dry matter content in excreta. 360 one-day-old Ross 308 chickens were allocated to 9 groups, in 5 replications of 8 birds (4 ♂ and 4 ♀). Chickens from 1 to 42 days of age were kept in cages with wire floors to enable excreta col - lection, and were administered water and feed ad libitum. The basal starter (days 1-14) and grower (days

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