Synbiotic inclusion effects on the quail’s (Coturnix coturnix japonica) performance and digestive tract development

Abstract A 100 female a day-old-quail (DOQ) were placed in a Completely Randomized Design, five treatments and four replicates in five birds and kept for six weeks. The basal diet consisted of maize, rice bran, soy bean meal, fish meal, cooking oil, minerals mixture and amino acid, which were mixed...

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Published inIOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 1355; no. 1; pp. 12011 - 12017
Main Authors Rusdi, R, Hasanuddin, A, Mulyati, M, Fatmawati, F, Sarjuni, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.06.2024
Subjects
Amino acids
Birds
Body weight
Body weight gain
Conversion ratio
Cooking oils
Diet
digestive tract
Drinking water
feed
Feed conversion
Fish meal
Fish oils
Gastrointestinal tract
Gizzard
Intestine
Lactobacillus
quail
Rice bran
Small intestine
Soybeans
Synbiotic
Variance analysis
Wildfowl
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Summary:Abstract A 100 female a day-old-quail (DOQ) were placed in a Completely Randomized Design, five treatments and four replicates in five birds and kept for six weeks. The basal diet consisted of maize, rice bran, soy bean meal, fish meal, cooking oil, minerals mixture and amino acid, which were mixed in such a way to achieve 22% protein. Treatments are basal diet only (T1) as a negative control, basal diet + 100 ppm COS + Lactobacillus spp 10 6 CFU/kg (T2), basal diet + 100 ppm COS + Lactobacillus spp 10 7 CFU/kg (T3), basal diet + 200 ppm COS + Lactobacillus spp 10 6 CFU/kg (T4), and basal diet + 200 ppm COS + Lactobacillus spp 10 7 CFU/kg (T5). The birds had free access to their diets and drinking water. The weight and feed intake of the birds were recorded weekly. The variables were feed intake (FI), bodyweight gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and organ digestive weight. The data were analyzed using ANOVA and comparison tests using the Duncan test. The results revealed that the addition of synbiotics to the diet significantly improved BWG, FCR, gizzard, small intestine, and two caeca, while FI was significantly reduced (P<0.05). Other parameters were not different between treatments (P>0.05). Therefore, it could be concluded that the inclusion of synbiotics in the diet improved quail performance by improving the body weight gain and feed conversion ratio, boosting the development of the gizzard, small intestine and two caeca.
ISSN:1755-1307
1755-1315
DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/1355/1/012011