Performance, metabolic efficiency and egg quality in Japanese quails fed with acidulated soybean soapstock and lecithin for a prolonged period
Document title: Performance, metabolic efficiency and egg quality in Japanese quails fed with acidulated soybean soapstock and lecithin for a prolonged period
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000436134
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Zootecnia, Capao do Leao, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Departamento de Zootecnia, Capao do Leao, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
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Volumen: 92
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Aplicado, descriptivo
English abstract This study aimed to evaluate the use of acidulated soybean soapstock in association with lecithin on productive performance, metabolic efficiency in the utilization of nutrientes, and the egg quality of Japanese quails. A total of 192 quails were used, distributed randomly in a 2×2×2 factorial scheme that included two types of oils, two levels of supplementation (4% and 8%) and two levels of lecithin (1% or 0%). At the end of the six-month experimental period, some double significant interactions were shown between the level of oil and lecithin for the performance variables (egg weight p=0.04, feed intake p<0.01 and feed conversion rate p=0.04). The feed conversion rate also was influenced by a double significant interaction between the type of oil and the level of oil (p<0.01). The nutrient digestibility showed that different interactions affected the results. The evaluation of egg quality, was verified that the use of acidulated soybean soapstock did not affect most variables of internal quality. The results showed that it is possible to use 8% acidulated soybean soapstock in combination with 1% lecithin in the diets of Japanese quails for a period of up to six months without a reduction in performance
Disciplines: Medicina veterinaria y zootecnia
Keyword: Aves de corral,
Nutrición animal,
Codorniz japonesa,
Soya,
Digestibilidad,
Eficiencia metabólica,
Calidad del huevo,
Coturnix coturnix japonica
Keyword: Poultry,
Animal nutrition,
Japanese quails,
Soybean,
Digestibility,
Metabolic efficiency,
Egg quality,
Coturnix coturnix japonica
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