Quail Egg Yield and Quality of theCoturnix CoturnixResponse to the Addition Level of Agave Inulin to the Drinking Water
| Autor: | Idalia de Jesús Ruíz-García, Cristino García de la Peña, Luis Jorge Pérez de la Mora, José-Rogelio Orozco-Hernández |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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0106 biological sciences
biology urogenital system Inulin 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Agave 040201 dairy & animal science 01 natural sciences Japonica Quail chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry biology.animal Yield (wine) Agave inulin Egg yield Quail Calcium concentration Coturnix coturnix Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:Animal culture Food science Eggshell lcsh:SF1-1100 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 13, Iss 2 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1828-051X |
| DOI: | 10.4081/ijas.2014.2981 |
| Popis: | To assess the effect of agave inulin addition to drinking water, one hundred (65 days old) Coturnix coturnix japonica hens were divided randomly into four groups with five birds per cage. Twenty five birds were assigned to each of the following treatments: i) control; addition of agave inulin in the drinking water at; ii) 2.0% (w/w), iii) 4.0%; and iv) 6%. The feeding trial lasted for six weeks. Inulin increased (P0.05). The egg weight was similar among treatments (average 12.70 g) and varied slightly with the inulin level (P=0.0537). The egg shell (percentage of the egg) was not influenced by the inulin. But, the calcium concentration in the eggshell of the present trial varied with the level on the agave inulin in the drinking water (P0.05). Then, the agave inulin addition to the drinking water increases the egg yield of Japanese quails. |
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