Ahmad Ibraheem AL–Banki^*(1)

 (1). Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture. Al-Furat University, Deir Ezzour, Syria.

(* Corresponding author: Dr. Ahmad Ibraheem AL–Banki.  E-Mail:  deirezzour1961@gmail.com).

Received: 02/05/2018                                Accepted: 01/10/2018

Abstract

The research was carried out in poultry house of broiler rearing in Deir Al-Zour (Al-Hermoushia village) from 18/6/2018 until 30/7/2018, to investigate adding potassium chloride to drinking water on the productive performance of broiler. Three levels of potassium chloride (30, 60 and 90 mg/ L water), were used in the experiment. A total of 240 one day old broiler chicks were used. The chicks distributed randomly to the 4 treatments; each treat had 3 replications, which involved 20 chicks per each. The results showed that the body weight was significantly increased (p> 0.05), where both treats (60 and 90 mg PC/L W) recorded (2795 and 2899 g respectively at (43) days old compared with the control group (2380 g). Mortality rate decreased in the second and third treatments compared to the control. There was a significant improvement in the production index. Adding (60) and (90) mg/L showed significant increase in a cumulative feed consumption, while there was no significant increase in the treat (30 mg/ liter).

Keyword: Broiler, Heat stress, Potassium chloride, Productive performance.

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