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Effect of feeding diet containing flax seed on certain egg quality traits of Japanese quail | ||
| Euphrates Journal of Agriculture Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 0, 2011, Pages 24-36 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; A. S. Al; ; W. K. Al; W. M. Razuki; ; Hazim J. Al | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract : This experiment was performed to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with flax seed on egg quality of laying quail. A total of 320 Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) 9 – wk old were allocated to 4 treatment groups with 4 replicates containing 20 quail each. Birds were fed commercial diet containing 0 % (C), 2 % (T1), 4 % (T2) or 6 % (T3) flax seed. Birds received water and diet ad libitum during the total period of experiment. Egg quality characteristics were monitored over 3 consecutive 21 – d periods. Egg quality criteria involved in this experiment were egg weight, yolk diameter, yolk height, yolk weight, albumen height, albumen weight, shell weight, shell thickness, Haugh unit, albumen percentage, yolk percentage and shell percentage. Results showed that supplementing diet of laying quail with flax seed resulted in significant increase in total means of egg weight, yolk diameter, albumen height, shell thickness, Hough unit, albumen percentage and albumen weight. Total means of shell weight and yolk percentage were not significantly (p > 0.05) different from quails consuming 0, 2, 4 or 6 % flax seed; However, total mean of shell percentage was reduced (p < 0.05) in laying quails fed flax seed when compared to control group. In conclusion, Feeding laying quails with different levels of flax seed (2 %, 4 %, or 6 %) caused significant improvement as regards most of egg quality parameters included in this experiment. Therefore, adding flax seed to the ration could be used as a good tool for improving productive performance of Japanese quail | ||
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