Parboiled rice whole bran in laying diets for Japanese quails

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Ivan Bezerra Quevedo Filho¹  Ednardo Rodrigues Freitas¹  Thales Marcel Bezerra Filgueira¹  Germano Augusto Jerônimo Do Nascimento¹  Nádia De Melo Braz¹  Danilo Rodrigues Fernandes¹  Pedro Henrique Watanabe¹ 

[1],Universidade Federal do Ceará Centro de Ciências Agrárias Departamento de ZootecniaFortaleza CE ,Brazil

关键词: byproduct;    economic analysis;    egg characteristics;    nutrition;    quail production;    rice bran;    subproduto;    análise econômica;    características de ovos;    nutrição;    coturnicultura;    farelo de arroz;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2013000600002

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of parboiled rice whole bran (PRWB) inclusion in laying diets for Japanese quails, on their performance, egg quality, and economic viability. A total of 448 17-week-old quails were weighed and distributed in a completely randomized design with seven treatments and eight replicates of eight birds each. A control diet (no PRWB) and six diets, containing 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30% of PRWB, were tested. The increasing levels of PRWB did not affected nutrient digestibility coefficient, dietary energy use, feed intake, egg production, egg weight, egg mass, and the economic viability indices. However, there was a linear decrease in egg shell percentage, specific weight, and yolk color. The inclusion of up to 30% PRWB in the diet allows nutrient utilization and performance similar to those obtained by the control group, and it is economically viable.

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