EFFECT OF CINNAMON (Cinnamomum cassia) POWDER AS PHYTOBIOTIC GROWTH PROMOTER ON THE PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAIL
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2017-02
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI – 517 502. (A.P) INDIA
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ABSTRACT:
The present investigation is carried out to study the effect of inclusion of
cinnamon powder at varying levels on the growth performance, serum
biochemical profile, carcass characteristics and nutrient utilization of Japanese
quails. One hundred and fifty day old quail chicks distributed randomly to five
dietary groups each with three replicates of ten quails and were offered diet
containing 24% CP and 2908 kcal/kg ME. During the experiment, cinnamon
powder is included at 0.0% (T1: Control), 0.25% (T2), 0.50% (T3), 0.75% (T4)
and 1.0% (T5) level by marginal adjustment of other feed ingredients. All the
rations were made iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous.Chemical analysis indicated that cinnamon powder contained 5.06 % CP,
30.00% CF, 2.00% calcium and 0.90% phosphorous. Results indicated that body
weight gain increased (P<0.01) while feed intake and feed consumed/kg gain
decreased (P<0.01) with increased level of inclusion of cinnamon powder from 0
to 1.0% in the diet.The serum biochemical profile of quails revealed that the serum total
protein, albumin, globulin and phosphorus contents increased (P<0.01) while
serum glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol and creatinine levels decreased
(P<0.01) with increase in the inclusion of cinnamon powder from 0 to 1.0% in
the diet. Further, the study indicated that the HDL cholesterol level increased
(P<0.01) while LDL and VLDL cholesterol levels decreased (P<0.01) in serum
with increased level of inclusion of cinnamon powder from 0 to 1.0 % in the
diet.The digestibility of gross nutrients and fibre fractions increased (P<0.01)
with increased level of inclusion of cinnamon powder from 0 to 1.0% in the diet.
Similarly, the percent nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus utilization also
increased (P<0.01) with increase in the level of inclusion of cinnamon powder
from 0 to 1.0 % in the diet. Further, the study indicated that the dressing
percentage (P<0.01) and ready to cook yield (P<0.05) increased with increased
level of inclusion of cinnamon powder from 0 to 1.0% in the diet. However,
inclusion of cinnamon powder at graded levels in the diet of quails had no effect
(P>0.05) on carcass yield, meat to bone ratio, percent weight of heart, liver,
gizzard and giblet.The feed cost/kg gain decreased by 1.02 (T2), 2.07 (T3), 2.64 (T4) and
3.31 (T5) in quails fed diets containing cinnamon powder at varying levels as
compared to the control. The present study indicated that cinnamon powder can
be incorporated upto 1.0% level as phytobiotic growth promoter in the diet of
quails without any adverse effect on production performance of quails.
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