PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF TANUVAS NAMAKKAL GOLD JAPANESE QUAIL FED DIET WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENERGY AND LYSINE
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K. Shibi Thomas
Associate professor and Head, Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu, TANUVAS
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R. Amutha
Professor and Head, Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, TANUVAS
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M. R. Purushothaman
Professor and Head (Retd,), Department of Animal Nutrition, TANUVAS
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P. N. Richard Jagatheesan
Dean, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Theni, TANUVAS
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S. Ezhil Valavan
Professor, Poultry Research Station, TANUVAS
Keywords:
Chick and grower phase, Energy, Lysine, Production performanceAbstract
A biological trial was conducted with “TANUVAS Namakkal gold Japanese quail” to determine the optimum level of energy and lysine requirement on the production performance during the chick and grower phase. Seven hundred and twenty, straight-run, day-old chicks were randomly grouped in nine treatments with four replicates of twenty chicks each. Three levels of energy (2800, 2900 and 3000 kcal/kg) and three levels of lysine (1.2, 1.3 and 1.4%) were used in a 3 x 3 factorial design. Low energy (2800 kcal/kg) had significant (P<0.01) influence on the body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio in the chick and grower phase. High (1.4%) lysine had significant (P<0.01) influence on the body weight, body weight gain in the chick phase. Low and medium lysine (1.2 and 1.3%) groups had significantly (P<0.05) better weight gain and feed conversion ratio. Low and high (1.2 and 1.4%) lysine levels recorded significantly (P<0.01) higher feed consumption during the grower phase.
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