IMPACT OF DIETARY THYME (Thymus vulgaris L.) AND Achillea fragrantissima ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GROWING QUAIL BIRDS | ||||
| Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 11, Issue 3, May and June 2022, Page 487-500 PDF (527.08 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Researches | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sinjas.2022.138603.1102 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Ali A. Eidrisha  ; Abdelfattah R. Roshdy; Mahmoud A. AbdEl-Ghaffar; Ahmed M. Ali
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| Dept. Anim. and Poult. Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study was conducted to investigate the effects of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) and Achillea fragrantissima plants on growth performance of quail birds. A total number of 450 unsexed quail birds, 7 days old were randomly divided into sex equal experimental groups with three replicates of 25 birds each for 42 days. The first group was fed on the basal diet as a control. The 2nd and 3rd groups were fed on 5 and 10 g thyme powder/kg diet respectively. The 4th and 5th groups were fed on 5 and 10 g achillea powder/kg diet, respectively. The 6th group was fed on 5 g of each thyme and achillea powder/kg diet. The results indicated that adding of 5 g achillea/kg diet increased the live body weight and body weight gain but not significant (P> 0.05) differ in control group. While birds fed on diet with 5 g achillea significantly (P<0.05) decreased feed intake and improved feed conversion compared to the control group. However, no significant (P> 0.05) change on carcass characteristics due to thyme and achillea adding to quail diets compared to the control group. Additionally, no significant (P> 0.05) effects were observed in total protein, albumin, globulin and albumin/globulin ratio and triglycerides due to the treatments. Birds fed on diet with 5 g achillea/kg diet significantly (P<0.05) decreased the serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL), Aspartate transaminase (AST) and Alanine transaminase (ALT) and increased high-density lipoprotein (HDL) compared with the control group. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Quail; Thyme; Achillea; productive performance | ||||
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