EFFECT OF DIETARY INCLUSION OF CUMIN (Cuminum cyminum) AS NATURAL FEED ADDITIVE ON PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAILS
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2021-06
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA
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The present investigation is carried out to study the effect of dietary inclusion of cumin seed powder at varying levels on growth performance, serum biochemical profile, digestibility of nutrients, carcass characteristics and cost economics in Japanese quails. One hundred and fifty, day old quail chicks were distributed randomly to five dietary groups each with three replicates of ten chicks and were offered experimental diets to meet the nutrient requirements (NRC, 1994). During the experiment, cumin seed powder is included at 0.0% (T1: Control), 0.50% (T2), 1.0% (T3), 1.5% (T4) and 2.0% (T5) level by marginal adjustment of other feed ingredients. All the rations were made iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous.
Chemical analysis indicated that cumin seed powder contained 18.26% CP, 14.02% EE, 30.02% CF, 27.96% NFE, 7.79% TA and 0.42% AIA. Results indicated that body weight gain, PI (P0.05) on feed intake with increased level of inclusion of cumin seed powder from 0 to 2.0% in the diet.
The serum biochemical profile of quails revealed that inclusion of cumin seed powder up to 2.0% in the diet had no effect (P>0.05) on serum total protein, albumin, globulin, AST, ALT, serum urea, calcium and phosphorus contents. However, the study indicated that the serum glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol and serum creatinine levels decreased (P0.05) on DM, OM, CP, EE and NFE digestibility as compared to the control. However, the digestibility coefficient of CF (P0.05) on weight of heart, liver, gizzard and giblet with increased level of inclusion of cumin seed powder from 0 to 2.0% in the diet.
The feed cost / kg gain decreased by4.08 in T2 and7.69 in T3 while it is increased by2.70 in T4, and 8.70 in T5 groups of quails fed diets containing cumin seed powder at 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% levels in the diet as compared to the control. Thus, it is concluded that cumin seed powder can be included up to 1.0% level as natural feed additive in the diet without any adverse effect on production performance of Japanese quail.
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