Investigating the Effect of Prosopis juliflora Pods Processing on Performance, Digestibility and Blood Parameters of Japanese Quail
Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biology
Jawad Nawaser
1
,
Ali Aghaei
2
*
,
Mohammad Reza Ghorbani
3
,
Tahereh Mohammadabadi
4
,
Saleh Tabatabai Vakili
5
1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Technology, Agricultural sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran
2 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Technology, Agricultural sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Sciences, Shirvan Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Technology, Agricultural sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran
5 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Animal Science and Food Technology, Agricultural sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran
Keywords: Enzyme, Blood parameters, Digestibility, Mesquite, Japanese quail,
Abstract :
The present study was conducted to investigate the use of Prosopis juliflora pods (PJP) and the processing performed along with the effect of natozyme enzyme on performance, digestibility and blood parameters of Japanese quail. Number 700 one-day-old Japanese male and female quail chicks were used in a completely randomized design with 7 treatments, 5 replications and 20 quail in each replication. Experimental treatments include: base-basal diet (control), base diet with 15% PJP, base diet with 15% water-soaked PJP, base diet with 15% water-treated PJP, ration Base was accompanied by 15% PJP with enzyme, basal diet was accompanied by 15% PJP soaked in water with enzyme and basal diet was accompanied by 15% PJP processed with water vapor with enzyme.The results showed that the effect of experimental treatments on feed intake in the first, second and third weeks was not significant (p < 0.05). The highest weight gain was observed in the third, fourth and fifth weeks in the treatment receiving 15% of steamed PJP with water enzyme and control treatment (p < 0.05). Birds treated with PJP containing diets with enzyme and control treatment showed better conversion ratio than other treatments (p < 0.05). The digestibility of crude protein and crude fat in the control diet and the diet containing 15% of steamed PJP with enzyme increased compared to other treatments (p < 0.05). Experimental treatments did not show a significant effect on the relative weight of carcass, breast, thighs, gills and gastrointestinal tract and on the blood parameters of Japanese quail (p > 0.05). The results of this experiment showed that the processing of PJP with steamed water with enzyme improved the performance and digestibility of nutrients in Japanese quail.
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