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Sodium Bicarbonate at Different Levels for Growing Gilts on Pasture

Iowa Experiment Station

Abstract

Sodium bicarbonate is a widely used ingredient in commercial mineral mixtures. Sixty-nine, or 39 per cent of the 190 mineral mixtures registered and offered for sale in the state of Iowa (1931) included sodium bicarbonate as an ingredient. Stock remedies also use sodium bicarbonate quite extensively for in the same year 89 or 35.5 per cent of the 234 registered stock remedies listed sodium bicarbonate as one of the ingredients. (1) Although widely used the published experimental proof for the incorporating of this antacid substance in the ration of swine is limited.

Morgen and Beger (2) found that small amounts of sodium bicarbonate had a marked beneficial effect with rabbits. Funk (3) confirmed their findings on rabbits but failed to find any beneficial results from the addition of sodium bicarbonate to diets for rats and guinea pigs. Gouin and Andouard (4) after feeding one calf for a short time reported that sodium bicarbonate had an excellent effect on calves, weight increase considered.