Nutrient Digestibility Coefficients and Carcass Evaluation of Japanese Quails to Aqueous Administration of Egg Lime Molasses Mixture

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1 Department of Agriculture and Industrial Technology, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria.

2 Department of Animal Production Fisheries and Aquaculture, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.

10.32598/ijvm.19.2.1005477

Abstract

Background: Japanese quails are cheap and easy to maintain, and they have the potential to bridge the gap in animal protein consumption shortage; however, their performance is highly dependent on the efficiency of nutrient utilization.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the effect of an egg-lime-molasses mixture (ELM) administration on Japanese quails’ nutrient utilization and carcass parameters.
Methods: The study was conducted at the poultry unit of the Babcock University farmhouse, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria, from January to March 2022. ELM was prepared by placing fresh chicken eggs in a bowl, after which one liter of lime juice and 500 g of molasses were added and covered tightly for 10 days at 27 °C with a relative humidity of 61%. The solution was then blended. Two-hundred-day-old Japanese quails were assigned to one of five treatments in a completely randomized design. The birds were subdivided into four replicates of 10 birds each. The control (T1) had no administration of ELM; T2, T3, T4, and T5 had inclusion levels of 10, 20, 30, and 40 mL, respectively, all in 500 mL of water. Food and water were provided ad libitum. Data on performance characteristics, apparent digestibility coefficients, and carcass parameters were collected and analyzed using SPSS software, version 22 using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance. 
Results: The results revealed that ELM did not significantly affect performance characteristics and carcass parameters (P>0.05). The values for digestible crude protein were significantly higher (P<0.05) in the control (62.99%). However, the lowest values were observed among birds administered the lowest dosages (10 and 20 mL ELM with 56.36% and 54.38%, respectively). Birds administered the lowest dosages of ELM (10 mL) had significantly higher (P<0.05) digestible lipids (55.50%) and digestible ash (23.41%) values. The birds administered 20 mL ELM had significantly least (P<0.05) values for digestible lipids (25.50%) and digestible ash (2.58%), while significantly highest (P<0.05) values were observed for the same group of birds for digestible crude fiber (41.05%) and digestible carbohydrates (38.79%). 
Conclusion: The inclusion of ELM in the water of Japanese quails did not alter their growth performance or carcass parameters. 

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Article Title [Persian]

ضرایب قابلیت هضم مواد مغذی و ارزیابی لاشه بلدرچین ژاپنی به تجویز آبی مخلوط ملاس آهک تخم مرغ

Authors [Persian]

  • آدیینکا آکینتونده 1
  • لوئیس چیدینما اندوبویسی- اوگبونا 1
  • اولایینکا آبسده اوجو 2
  • بولاتیتو آدنیک شوبو 1
  • اولفونسو امانوئل اکینبوی 1
  • اوساگی جان آفود 1
  • اولووافونمیک امووونمی اویکال 1
1 گروه کشاورزی و فناوری صنعتی، دانشگاه Babcock، Ilishan-Remo، نیجریه.
2 گروه تولیدات حیوانی شیلات و آبزی پروری، دانشگاه ایالتی کوارا، مالت، نیجریه.
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2
April 2025
Pages 255-264

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