Effects of dietary supplementation of combined safflower meal and sunflower meal on fattening performance and carcass quality characteristics in quails
<b>Aim:</b> This study was carried out to determine the effects of combined safflower-sunflower meal (SSM) supplementation in quail diets on fattening performance and some carcass quality parameters.<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> A total of 300 three-day-old Japanese...
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| Language: | English |
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Selcuk University Press
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| Series: | Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences |
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| Summary: | <b>Aim:</b> This study was carried out to determine the effects of
combined safflower-sunflower meal (SSM) supplementation
in quail diets on fattening performance and some carcass quality
parameters.<p>
<b>Materials and Methods:</b> A total of 300 three-day-old Japanese
quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica), including both males
and females were divided into one control group and four
treatment groups containing 60 quails in each. Each group
was sub-divided into five replicates each containing 12 quails.
The control group was fed corn-soybean meal based diet
without SSM. The SSM was used at level of 10% (SSM10),
20% (SSM20), 30% (SSM30) and 40% (SSM40) in treatment
diets (in each treatment S and SF ratio is 1:1). The experimental
period was lasted for 5 weeks.<p>
<b>Results:</b> There were no changes in terms of body weights,
body weight gain and feed intake as well as carcass weights,
relative weight of liver, heart, spleen, gizzard, proventriculus
and abdominal fat in all experimental groups with SSM supplementation
(P>0.05). Feed conversion ratio impaired in the
SSM40 group compared with the control and the other groups
(P<0.001).<p>
<b>Conclusions:</b> It may be stated that the supplementation of
safflower-sunflower meal (C:S, 1:1) in combination to diets
has no any adverse effect on the some performance and carcass
quality characteristics, and as well as the supplementation
of up to 30% of these might be more effective on feed
conversion ratio in quails. |
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| ISSN: | 1309-6958 2146-1953 |