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Vet World. 2017 Apr;10(4):380-385. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.380-385. Epub 2017 Apr 06.

Effect of dietary supplementation of fermented fish silage on serum biochemical parameters of broiler Japanese quails (.

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Sasmita Panda, Laxman Kumar Babu, Arun Kumar Panda, Tanuja S, Anurag Mohanty, Kuldeep Kumar Panigrahy, Pinaki Samal

Affiliations

  1. Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India.
  2. Department of Animal Nutrition, ICAR - Central Institute for Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India.
  3. Division of Livestock Production and Management, ICAR - National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.

PMID: 28507408 PMCID: PMC5422240 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2017.380-385

Abstract

AIM: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding fermented fish silage (FFS) on serum biochemical parameters of Japanese quails (

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 192, 7-day-old broiler Japanese quail chicks of either sex, were randomly distributed into four dietary treatments with four replicates in each group having 12 chicks in each replicate pen. The dietary treatments were T

RESULT: The cumulative body weight gains from 1 to 5 weeks of age did not vary significantly between control and 5% FFS group. However, a linear decrease in body weight gain was observed by increasing the levels of FFS beyond 5% in the diet. The cumulative feed consumption was significantly higher in case of birds under control group during 1-5 weeks of age as compared to birds fed FFS based diet (5%, 10%, and 15%). No statistical difference in cumulative feed conversion ratio could be noticed during 1-5 weeks of age. The eviscerated yield decreased and giblet weight increased due to the dietary supplementation of FFS at 15% level. The breast meat yield decreased due to dietary supplementation of FFS at 10% and 15% level in the diet of broiler Japanese quails. The effect of FFS was found to be nonsignificant (p>0.05) with respect to serum total protein, globulin and A/G ratio under different treatments whereas significant difference observed in serum albumin concentration. Dietary supplementation of FFS at 10% and 15% level significantly increased the AST concentration in serum. There was no significant difference among the treatments regarding the parameters such as ALT, calcium, phosphorous, triglyceride, total cholesterol, HDL-C, VLDL-C, and LDL-C.

CONCLUSION: The serum-biochemical parameters are influenced by the dietary supplementation of FFS in broiler Japanese quails.

Keywords: Japanese quail; fermented fish silage; proximate composition; serum biochemical parameters

References

  1. Vet World. 2016 May;9(5):530-4 - PubMed

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