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EFFECT OF ADDING DIFFERENTLEVELS OF FLAXSEED OIL IN MATURE JAPANESE QUAIL DIETS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND EGG QUALITY THROUGH 3-4 MONTHS OF AGE

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal, Poultry and Fish Production Research

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We aimedin this trial to investigate whether different levels of flaxseed oil (FLX oil) can affect the productivity and egg quality of quails during 3-4 months of age. A total of 180 healthy mature quails (120 females + 60 males), aged 3 months, were randomly distributed into 3 groups. Each group contained 4 replicates with 10 females+ 5 males each. The first group received the standard diet included no oil, while the 2nd and the 3rd groups received the standard diet included 0.5% and 1.0% FLX oil, respectively. The trial continued for one month, until the 4th month of age. The data revealed that adding FLX oil to mature quail diets at levels of 0.5% and 1.0% insignificantly improved egg weight (P= 0.892), egg production rate (P= 0.167), egg mass (P= 0.443), and feed conversion ratio (FCR, P= 0.134).  Quail groups which received diets with 0.5% and 1.0% FLX oil consumed feed less (P<0.001) than the control group. This effect was augmented by the increase in dietary oil level since the 1.0% FLX oil-treated group consumed feed less than the 0.5% FLX oil-treated group. There were no substantialalterations in all studied egg quality including egg weight (P=0.891), egg shape index (P=0.204), yolk relative weight (P=0.117), albumen relative weight (P=0.375), shell relative weight (P=0.648), shell thickness (P=0.388), yolk index (P=0.957), and Haugh units (P=0.889). In conclusion, despite the non-significant effect of adding FLX oil to a mature quail diet on laying performance and egg quality, the use of higher levels of FLX oil may be capable of improving egg production indices and feed utilization.

DOI

10.21608/zjar.2024.380613

Keywords

Japanese quail, Flaxseed oil, productivity, and Egg quality

Authors

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Amira

Last Name

Mansour

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S

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Poult. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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elnahalrere@gmail.com

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A.I.

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Attia

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Poult. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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M.M. ِ

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Al-Mekawy

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Poult. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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M.S.

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El-Kholy

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Poult. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

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Volume

51

Article Issue

4

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50425

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-09-19

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2024-07-01

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753

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760

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1110-0338

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3009-7193

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Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research

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EFFECT OF ADDING DIFFERENTLEVELS OF FLAXSEED OIL IN MATURE JAPANESE QUAIL DIETS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND EGG QUALITY THROUGH 3-4 MONTHS OF AGE

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24 Dec 2024