The Effect of Different Levels of Lentil by Product on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Egg Yield in Quail (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica)
Abstract
The subject of this study was to evaluate the effects of lentil
byproduct (LP) on growth performance, carcass traits and egg yield of
quail (Coturnix coturnix Japonica). To achieve this goal, a total of 600
0-day-old quail chicks were used. The birds were divided into 5 groups
with 3 replicates. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th groups received 0, 5,
10, 15 and 20\% lentil byproduct, respectively. All the diets were
prepared as isonitrogenous and isocaloric. As a result of this study,
the highest live body weights of quails as Laudadio mixed gender were
observed in the 3rd (195.5 g) and 5th (195.3 g) groups at the end of the
study, however the differences between the control and treatment groups
were not significant (p>0.05). Similar results were observed in the
carcass traits, as well. The best feed conversion ratio (FCR) was noted
in both the 2nd and 3rd groups as 3.04 and it was significantly (p<0.05)
different than in the control and other treatment groups. The least feed
intake (FI) was observed in the 2nd group. The highest and the lowest
egg yield percentages were in the 3rd (90.78 \%) and 5th (66.57 \%)
groups, and differences were significant (p<0.01). Linear increments
were observed in the yolk color when LP increased in the diet. As a
result, it could be concluded that lentil by product could be added into
quail diets up to 15\% with no negative effect on live body weight (BW)
and carcass traits and to get better yolk color.
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