Studies on effect of feeding Moringa oleifera leaf powder on growth performance of Japanese quail under deep litter and cage systems of management
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2018
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand-6
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Japanese quail (Coturnixcoturnixjaponica) was first introduced in India from California University in 1974 as a new poultry species at Central Avian Resarch Institute, Izatnagar,Bareilly(U.P).Quail is popurarly known as Bater in hindi.Quail is the most efficient biological machine for converting feed into animal protein of high biological value and hence is the cheapest source of animal protein for human diets.The Japanese quails serve as a good source of food and provide good animal protein in many underdeveloped areas of world(Chaturvedi,1973)..Its consumption may be preferred by all as it has no religious taboo. It has nutritive value, good taste,flavour,tender and very delicious with low calorific value and high dry matter.It is rich in protein, vitamins, essential amino acids,unsaturated fatty acid and saturated fatty acid and phospholipids. The Japanese quail eggs contains more amount of B-complex vitamins and also vitA,vit D &vit E when compared to chicken egg. Likewise,the quail egg contains more Iron, phosphorus and higher calcium, sulphur and zinc. Because of high content of vitamins,minerals& quality of protein together with the nature of its fatty acid profile,quail egg are recommemded for medicinal treatments like anaemia,diabetes,ulcers,asthma&tuberculosis by restoring the optimal metabolism in the body cells. Now a days, commercial quail farming is getting popularity in India,because the investment & maintenance is very less as compared to other birds.
Being herbal plant Moringaoleifera is considered as the most efficient because leaves contain higher amount of protein beside its several therapeutic and medicinal uses.Moringa is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Moringaceae.It is locally known as Munga or Sahjan.One such plant is Moringaoleifera ,commonly known as the drumstick tree (Makker and Becker 1997).There are about 13 species of Moringa trees in the famiyMoringaceae. They are native to India, the Red Sea area or parts of Africa.The trees also grow in tropical and subtropical climates. The plant was reported to contain various amino acids, Moringaoleifera as a highly potent anti-inflammatory(Ezeamuzle et
al.,1996),and hepatoprotective(Pari and Kumar,2002).Every part of the Moringaoleiferatree,from the roots to the leaves has beneficial properties. The leaves of the trees have been reported to have an antioxidant activity due to higher amount of polyphenols ( Mayo et al.,2012;Sreelatha and Padma,2009). The leaf extract was found to regulate cholesterol level in rats ( Ghasi et al.,2000). The major component of essential oil in Moringa leaf were pentacosane, hexacosane,E-phytol and 1-(2,3,6 trimethyphenly)-2butanone.Moringaoleifera leaves are a rich source of vitamins. Its leaf meal may be a promising source of natural antioxidant for broiler meat. It also possesses antimicrobial activity due to its principle component pterygospermin.
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Studies on effect of feeding Moringa oleifera leaf powder on growth performance of Japanese quail under deep litter and cage systems of management
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