STUDIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAIL FED WITH SHRIMP WASTE MEAL AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO FISH MEAL IN DIETS
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2017-02
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA
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An experiment was conducted tostudy the effect of shrimp waste meal usage in quail dietsas an alternative to fish meal on growth performance, carcass traits, serum biochemistry, organoleptic properties of meat and cost economics of Japanese quail.
Three hundred day old quail chicks distributed randomly to four treatments with three replicates containing twenty five birds each and fed with four experimental diets T1 (Basal diet), T2 (Basal diet containing 5 % SWM), T3 (Basal diet containing 7.5 % SWM), T4 (Basal diet containing 10 % SWM).Basaldiets were formulated with commonly available feed ingredients like maize, soyabean meal, fish meal and SWM as per the Nutrient Requirements of Poultry (NRC, 1994). Japanese quail fed with diets containing SWM (T2, T3 and T4)showed no significant difference in the final body weight compared to control (T1). Birds fed with diets containing SWM (T2, T3 and T4)showed no significant difference in body weight gaincompared to T1.
Significantly (P< 0.01) higher feed consumption was observed in Japanese quail fed with diets containing 10% SWM (T4) compared to birds fed with diets containing 0% SWM (T1)and 5% SWM (T2)but comparable with birds fed with diet containing 7.5% SWM (T3)and no significant differences in feed consumption were found among control (T1), T2 and T3 group birds.
Significantly (P<0.01) better feed efficiency was observed in birds fed with 5% SWM (T2) and control (T1) dietscompared to T4 group birds.No significant differences in feed efficiency were observed among birds fed with diets containing SWM at 0% (T1), 5% (T2)and 7.5% (T3).
Carcass traits like weight of giblets (liver, heart and gizzard), dressing percentages were not affected by experimental diets in Japanese quail.
Serum cholesterol levels (mg/dl) in Japanese quail fed with diets containing SWM at 5% (T2) and 7.5% (T3) were significantly low (P< 0.05) compared to control (T1) and T4but there was no significant difference between T1 andT4 group birds.No significant difference was found in serum cholesterol levels between T2 and T3 group birds. Serum total protein (g/dl) level has shown no significant differences in Japanese quail fed with diets containing SWM at 5% (T2), 7.5%(T3)and 10% (T4) levels compared to control group (T1).
Organoleptic properties of meat like color, odor and flavour were not affected by SWMinclusion in experimental diets.
Mortality is low and was not related to the effect of supplementation of SWM as an alternative to fish meal in quail diets as revealed by post mortem findings.
The cost of production per kg live weight gain (Rs.) over feed cost in Japanese quail fed with diets containing SWM (T2, T3 and T4)was significantly (P< 0.05) low compared to control (T1).
The feed cost per kg live weight gain was lowest (Rs. 65.13) in 5% SWM (T2) and highest (Rs. 68.63) in control (T1). Feed cost per kg live weight gain was apparently low in 10% SWM (T4)and 7.5% SWM (T3) groups compared to control (T1).
The results of present study revealed that the shrimp waste meal can safely be incorporated up to 7.5% level in quail diets for betterperformance.
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