Response of Growing Japanese Quails to Different Types of Some Natural Seed Meals on Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Bbiochemical Parameters

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Animal Production Department, Agricultural and Biology Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/ejvs.2024.281005.1979

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A total of 450 unsexed Japanese quail (one-week-old) were raised in cages until they were seven weeks old. The purpose of this experiment was to find out how the growth of Japanese quail responds to different types of medicinal seed meals. All birds were divided and distributed into five equal treatments (90 birds/treatment), with three replicates of 30 birds each. The control group (T1) was fed a basal diet without any additives, while the other three groups (T2, T3, and T4) were fed the same basal diet with a 1% addition of black seed meal (BSM), sesame seed meal (SSM), and radish seed meal (RSM), respectively, while group five (T5) was fed a basal diet with a mixture of BSM, SSM, and RSM at a level of 1/3% of each. All diets contained 24% crude protein and iso-caloric (2900kcal ME/kg). The results obtained revealed that both LBW and WG were surpassed and had better by using natural additive meals as feed enhancers compared to the control. Also, FI was nearly similar for all treatments, but feed conversion ratio (FCR) improved in all periods due to a rise in the synthesis of digestive enzymes, enhanced nutritional digestibility, and improved growth efficiency. Also, it is observed that the insignificant effect on Alb., Glob., A/G ratio, ALT and glucose levels may indicate that the addition of natural meals did not have any negative impacts on the components of blood, nor did they have any negative effects on liver function (as indicated by ALT activity). 

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  • Receive Date: 01 April 2024
  • Revise Date: 03 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 27 June 2024

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