EFFECT OF INCLUSION OF GARLIC (Allium sativum) AS FEED ADDITIVE ON THE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAIL
Loading...
Files
Date
2018-04
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA
Abstract
ABSTRACT:
The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of inclusion
of garlic 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 broiler
quail diets (starter and finisher) to meet the nutrient requirements (ICAR,
2013). Garlic powder was 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 garlic powder contained 16.5 % CP,
2.1% CF, 13.29% calcium and 5.54% phosphorus. Results indicated that body
weight gain (P<0.05) increased linearly from T1 to T3 and then decreased
linearly from T3 to T5, feed consumed / kg gain (P<0.01) decreased linearly
from T1 to T3 and then increased linearly from T3 to T5 while there was no
effect (P>0.05) on feed intake with increased level of inclusion of garlic
powder from 0 to 2.0% in the diet. The serum biochemical profile of quails revealed that the serum total protein (P<0.05), HDL-C and phosphorus (P<0.01) contents increased while serum glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, LDL-C, VLDL-C and creatinine levels were decreased (P<0.01) with increase in the level of inclusion of garlic powder from 0 to 2.0% in the diet. Further, the study indicated that inclusion of
garlic powder from 0 to 2.0% in the diet had no effect (P>0.05) on serum
albumin, globulin and calcium levels. The digestibility of DM, OM, NFE, ADF (P<0.05), CF and NDF (P<0.01) increased linearly from T1 to T3 and then decreased linearly from T3 to T5 with increased level of inclusion of garlic powder in the diet. Similarly, the percent calcium (P<0.01) and phosphorus (P<0.05) utilization increased linearly from T1 to T3 and then decreased linearly from T3 to T5 with increased level of inclusion of garlic powder in the diet while there was no effect
(P>0.05) on percent nitrogen utilization. However, inclusion of garlic powder
in the diet of quails had no effect (P>0.05) on carcass yield, dressing percent,
ready to cook yield, meat to bone ratio, percent weight of heart, liver, gizzard
and giblet. The feed cost / kg gain decreased by 2.88 in T2 and 5.71 in T3 while
it is increased by 1.20 in T4 and 7.25 in T5 groups of quails fed diets containing
garlic powder at varying levels as compared to the control. The study indicated
that garlic powder can be incorporated up to 1.0% level as feed additive in the
diet of quails without any adverse effect on production performance.
Description
THESES
Keywords
null