Growth response and carcass characteristics of Japanese quail to Mentha piperita plant supplementation
Journal Title: Animal Biology & Animal Husbandry - International Journal of the Bioflux Society - Year 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
In current study, the effect of Mentha piperita plant (MPP) supplementation on performance and carcass characteristics in Japanese quail was investigated. A total of 180 quails (male and female) were carried out in completely randomized design with diet consisted of the basal diet as the control (0MPP), diets with MPP at 1.5% (15 g/kg MPP) and 3% (30 g/kg MPP). Four replicates with 15 quails were allocated to each experimental treatment and the birds were reared for 42 days. The diets were formulated according to NRC (1994) guidelines and contained 24% protein and 2900 kcal/kg ME. The results showed that weight gain, feed intake and feed conversation was significantly affected by levels of MPP (p<0.05). Quails fed with 1.5% MPP had more percentage of breast muscle compared to quails fed 0 and 3% MPP. Feed conversion ratio was significantly improved in quails received 1.5% compared to 3% (p<0.05). There was no significant difference for percentage of carcass and thigh muscle among experimental treatments. The result showed adding various levels of MPP was improved feed conversion ratio and increase body weight in Japanese quail.
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Babak Aminzade, Behzad Karami, Elias Lotf
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