| Autor: |
Dos Santos RC; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Freitas ER; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Nepomuceno RC; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Lima RC; Universidade Federal Rural do Amazonas, Departamento de Zootecnia, Rod. PA, km 13, 68515-000 Parauapebas, PA, Brazil., Monteiro NC; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., DA Silva CP; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., DO Nascimento GAJ; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil., Watanabe PH; Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Zootecnia, Av. Mister Hull, 2977, 60021-970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
Anacardic acid is naturally found in various parts of the cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale L.) and marketed as calcium anacardate. This product has antibacterial, antifungal and antioxidant activity, and has been used in humans in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and tumors. In meat and egg production systems, anacardic acid is used as a substitute for growth-promoting antibiotics. The study objective was to evaluate effects of adding calcium anacardate as source of anacardic acid in laying Japanese quail diet on bird performance and eggs quality. A total of 252 Japanese quail with 22 week-old were studied, using a completely randomized design composed of six treatments with six replicates and seven quails per experimental unit. Treatments applied were: diet without growth promoter; diet with 0,1% growth promoter; and four diets without growth promoter and addition of 0.25; 0.50; 0.75 and 1.0% calcium anacardate (CA), respectively. The data were submitted to analysis of variance and treatment means compared with a SNK test (5%). The data from treatments containing CA were submitted to regression analysis. Treatments did not influence feed intake, egg production, egg weight, egg volume, feed conversion ratio and eggs quality parameters. The addition up to 1% of calcium anacardate in laying Japanese quail diet, does not influence their performance and egg quality. |
