[State of acid-base balance in chickens and pigs in commercial livestock farms].

Experiments on chickens of different age groups (one day--1 months) from large poultry plants of the Kiev Region established that metabolic acidosis develops in chickens at the age of 10-30 days. Compensated alkalosis is observed in them at the age of two months and further. In chickens whose HCO3- level in blood is 15-18 mM/l the content of uric acid in the liver and blood increases as compared to the control (HCO3- --23 mM/l); they also differ in a high intensity of the growth.