Production and hatchability of laying quails with turmeric (Curcuma longa) liquid in commercial diet and rearing in different sex ratios
1 Student of Animal Resources Management, Faculty of Animal Science, University of Mataram, Indonesia.
2 Faculty of Animal Science, University of Mataram, Jl. Majapahit No. 62 Mataram 83125, NTB, Indonesia.
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2023, 04(02), 067–074.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2023.4.2.0017
Publication history:
Received on 12 January 2023; revised on 08 June 2023; accepted on 11 June 2023
Abstract:
An experiment was carried out to assess the optimum turmeric concentration and ideal mating ratios for Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) for production performance of fertile eggs and hatchability. A total of 162 ten weeks old females and 27 males were assigned in the study. They were fed on a commercial layer quail diet containing approximately 18 % crude protein and 3000 kcal of metabolizable energy (ME)/kg and reared for 12 weeks in three mating ratios: 1:4, 1:6 and 1:8. (male: female), each replicated three times. A total of 540 selected hatching eggs per batch of incubation were collected and less than 7 days stored, then were incubated for hatching performance. Percentage of average egg production (AEP-%), feed intake (FI-g), feed conversion ratio (FCR), egg weight (EW-g), egg mass (EM-g/bird) and hatching performance were determined. It was observed that FI were the only performance production affected significantly (P<0.001) by feeding a commercial diet mixed with liquid turmeric. Mating ratios influence FI and FCR (P<0.001). Most hatching performances were affected by turmeric and sex ratios, except dead in-shell and normal quail chicks. The values of AEP (87.16%) and EM (8.42 g/bird/d) were the highest performance with 10 g/kg of turmeric. The ratio of 1:4 was the best mating ratio for local quail breed with highest records of all hatching performances significantly.
Keywords:
Turmeric; Egg production; Egg weight; Fertility; Mating ratio
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