Cassava foliage in quail feeding

Autores

  • Paulo Antonio Silva Júnior Universidade Federal da Paraíba.
  • Sandra Roseli Valerio Lana Universidade Federal de Alagoas.
  • Geraldo Roberto Quintão Lana Universidade Federal de Alagoas.
  • Luis Carlos Lira Silva Universidade Federal de Alagoas.
  • Elisama Castro Torres Universidade Federal de Alagoas.
  • Thamires Silva Ferreira Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21708/avb.2017.11.0.6921

Resumo

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of including cassava foliage hay in quail diets on the performance, carcass characteristics, and economic viability of rearing these animals in the period of 1 to 35 days of age. Four hundred 1-day-old unsexed quail were distributed into five treatments in a completely randomized design with eight replicates and 10 birds per experimental unit. Experimental treatments consisted of diets including 0.0, 0.5, 10.0, 15.0, and 20.0% cassava foliage hay (CFH). Feed intake increased linearly (P < 0.05), while feed conversion worsened (P < 0.05) in the period of 1 to 21 days. During the phase of 22 to 35 days, the cassava by-product inclusion levels caused the feed intake and weight gain of the quails to decrease linearly (P < 0.05), but did not influence (P > 0.05) feed conversion. In the period of 1 to 35 days of age, the CFH inclusion levels had a linear effect (P < 0.05) on the performance variables, leading to an increase in feed intake and weight gain and worse feed conversion. An influence of the CFH levels was detected (P<0.05) on the absolute weights of back, liver, and gizzard and on the relative weights of breast, back, legs, heart, liver, and gizzard of the quail. Inclusion of 10% cassava foliage hay is recommended in the diet of meat quail aged 1 to 35 days.

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Biografia do Autor

Paulo Antonio Silva Júnior, Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Mestre em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas e doutorado pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Sandra Roseli Valerio Lana, Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

Professora Associada do Curso de Zootecnia e da Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia - CECA/UFAL.

Geraldo Roberto Quintão Lana, Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

Professor Associado do Curso de Zootecnia e da Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia - CECA/UFAL.

Luis Carlos Lira Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

Mestrando da Universidade Federal de Alagoas - CECA/UFAL.

Elisama Castro Torres, Universidade Federal de Alagoas.

Mestre em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas - CECA/UFAL.

Thamires Silva Ferreira, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

Mestre em Zootecnia pela Universidade Federal de Alagoas - CECA/UFAL. Doutoranda pela Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco.

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Publicado

2017-10-12

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Original Articles / Artigos de Pesquisa