A study on the effects of dietary energy and lysine levels on performance of growing Japanese quail (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica)

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The effects of dietary energy and lysine levels on performance of growing Japanese quail were investigated by using 360 One- day old Japanese quails in a 2×6 factorial arrangement with two levels of metabolisable energy (2850, and 2950 Kcal/kg) and six levels of lysine (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6%) in a completely randomized design with three replicates and 10 birds per each. Feed intake and body weight were measured weekly and feed conversion ratio was calculated. At 35 d of age, to evaluate carcass traits, four birds (from both sexes) from each replicate were randomly selected and killed. Results showed that body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, carcass yield and breast yield (35 days) improved by increasing in dietary lysine (P< 0.05). The highest body weight gain and feed conversion ratio were observed in birds fed on diets containing 1.4 and 1.5% lysine, respectively (P < 0.05). The energy × lysine interaction effect on carcass was significant (P <0.05) and the birds fed on diets containing 2850 kcal/kg metabolisable energy 1.4% of lysine had the highest carcass yield. In conclusion, the diets containing of 2850 kcal/kg metabolisable energy and 1.4% of lysine is recommended for growing period of Japanese quail.

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Animal Sciences Journal
Volume 29, Issue 112
December 2016
Pages 203-212

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