S.E. Alu
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, P.M.B.135, Shabu-Lafia Campus, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
C.D. Tuleun
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science, University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
F.G. Kaankuka
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Animal Science, University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
S.N. Carew
Department of Animal Production, College of Animal Science, University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Four hundred 3 weeks old finisher Japanese quails (Cortunix cortunix japonica) were used to investigate the effect Maxigrain® enzyme supplementation on dressing percentage, carcass cut and percent organ weights fed sugarcane scrapping meal-based diets. The birds were randomly allotted to 6 experimental diets tagged T10, T10100, T10200, T15, T15100 and T15200 which were compounded to be isonitrogenous (23% crude protein) and isocaloric (2900Kcal/Kg ME). Treatments T10, T10100 and T10200 contained 10% crude fibre (low fibre level) while treatments T15, T15100 and T15200 contained 15% crude fibre level (high fibre level). The enzyme was included at 0, 100 and 200ppm thus, treatments T10 and T15 contained 0ppm, T10100 and T15100 contained 100ppm and T10200 and T15200 contained 200ppm of the enzyme such that treatments T10 and T15 served as the control for treatments T10100 and T10200 and T15100 and T15200 for low and high fibre diets, respectively. The birds were randomly allocated to the treatments at the rate of 80 birds per diet; each treatment was replicated 4 times in a 3x2 factorial arrangement. At the end of the 3 weeks feeding trial, 10 female birds per treatment were randomly selected according to average group weight, slaughtered and their carcasses evaluated. All the parameters evaluated were not at variance (P>0.05) across the dietary treatment groups except for back (22.52 vs. 24.32 and 21.62%), neck (7.78 vs. 10.24 and 7.49%) and gastrointestinal tract (8.44 vs. 10.84 and 12.22%) which was significantly (P<0.05) heavier in percent weight due to enzyme supplementation. Raising dietary fibre from low to high level significantly (P<0.05) reduced the percent weight of fasted weight (144.20 and 124.70 g/bird), dressed weight (87.52 and 83.79 g/bird), back (24.80 and 20.84%), neck (9.41 and 7.59%) and liver (3.06 and 2.92%) but increased that of legs (2.54 and 2.92%) and heart (0.69 and 0.82%) while the interactive effects of enzyme and dietary fibre affected the percent weights of legs, drumstick, back, neck, heart and liver. From the findings of this study, sugarcane scrapping can replace conventional energy sources to a level that is economically beneficial and nutritionally safe in quail production if arabinoxylanase is supplemented at 100ppm.
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S.E. Alu, C.D. Tuleun, F.G. Kaankuka and S.N. Carew, 2012. Meat Quality of Female Quails (Cortunix cortunix japonica) Fed Low or High Fibre Diets Supplemented with Maxigrain® Enzyme. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, 11: 1101-1106.
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1101.1106
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2012.1101.1106
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1101.1106
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjn.2012.1101.1106
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