Effect of Nano Zinc Supplementation on Production Performance, Immune Response and Carcass Characteristics in Japanese Quail Broiler
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2023-09
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Background: Nano-technology is currently an emerging field and giving promising results with cost economics in the poultry nutrition
sector. A study was conducted to investigate the effects of nano Zn supplementation on production performance, immune response
and carcass characteristicsin Japanese quail broiler.
Methods: Synthesis of zinc oxide nano-particles was carried out by chemical method and characterized by standard techniques. Day
old Japanese quail chicks (n=240) were randomly allotted in four treatment groups for feeding trial and fed with basal diet and source
of zinc viz. for T1 inorganic zinc oxide, for T2, T3 and T4 nano zinc oxide was used at 75%, 50% and 25% levels of BIS recommendation
for Zinc. Production parameters, immune response, carcass characteristics and cost economics were studied.
Result: Based on the data analysed T3 and T4 showed significantly (P<0.05) improved performance in production parameters like
body weight gainand cumulative feed conversion ratio than T1 and T4. HI, titer value and carcass characteristics data also showed
similar trend.