Effect of sesame meal and lysine amino acid on performance, carcass characteristics and blood parameters of Japanese quail | ||
| علوم و فنون دامپروری | ||
| Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 29, March 2019, Pages 3-12 PDF (924.37 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/aasrj.2018.120616.1137 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Afshin Rahimi Alangi1; Kazem Yussefi Kelarikolaei* 2; A. Kavian | ||
| 1Researcher of Animal Science Research Department, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Gorgan, Iran | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Animal Science Research Department, Golestan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Gorgan, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of replacing different levels of sesame meal instead of soybean meal, as well as reducing the amount of dietary lysine amino acids on performance, blood parameters and carcass characteristics of Japanese quail. Three hundred and sixty, one-day-old quails were equally assigned to six treatment groups, three replicates of each and reared to 42 days of age. Using a 2 x 3 factorial design, the birds received three levels of sesame meal (0, 10 and 20 percent) and two digestible lysine levels (1.14, 1.21 percent). The results showed that interactions between different levels of sesame meal and lysine amino acids did not have a significant effect on body weight, feed conversion ratio, feed intake and protein intake ratio of quail in the entire period of rearing. The replacement of sesame meal content did not have significantly affect on body weight but significantly improved the feed conversion ratio. Also, increasing the level of sesame meal caused a significant reduction in blood cholesterol. Decreasing the level of lysine amino acid increased feed intake significantly, but it was unaffected by blood parameters and carcass characteristics. The final result was that the use of sesame meal at 20% in the diet, despite having a negative effect on the performance and carcass characteristics, also reduced the level of uric acid and blood cholesterol. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| blood parameters; Japanese quail; lysine; performance; sesame meal | ||
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