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The treatments consisted of the use of acetic acid (0.4%; T1) as acidifier, an apparently neutral pH (T2) and sodium bicarbonate (1%; T3) as alkalizer of the drinking water. T3 showed the highest values (p &lt; 0.05) for total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, salinity and pH. T1 and T2 showed the same productive response (p &gt; 0.05); however, T3 decreased (p &lt; 0.05) body weight, feed intake and the relative weight of the pancreas and immune organs and increased (p &lt; 0.05) water intake, mortality and relative weight of the heart and liver. Likewise, T3 increased (p &lt; 0.05) the cecal pH, although without changes for the cecal lactic cecal bacteria count and blood parameters (p &gt; 0.05). The acid pH of the drinking water had no effect on the biological response of broilers compared to T2; however, the T3 provoked high mortality, ascites, low productivity and abnormal growth of some organs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani11071865","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,23]],"date-time":"2021-06-23T11:28:41Z","timestamp":1624447721000},"page":"1865","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Effect of Acetic Acid and Sodium Bicarbonate Supplemented to Drinking Water on Water Quality, Growth Performance, Organ Weights, Cecal Traits and Hematological Parameters of Young Broilers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2167-4904","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yordan","family":"Mart\u00ednez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Poultry Research and Teaching Center, Agricultural Science and Production Department, Zamorano University, P.O. 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