Different Dietary Levels of Lysine have Beneficial Effects on Intestinal Morphology in Japanese Quail (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica)

This study was designed to check the dietary effect of different levels of lysine on intestinal morphology, cecal tonsils and goblet cell count in Japanese Quails. For this Purpose, a total of 100, day old chicks were randomly divided in four groups. These groups were further sub-divided into five replicas per group, each replica having five birds. NRC has recommended 13g/kg of lysine in basal diet in 1994. The birds of control group (first) were fed with basal diet containing 13 g/kg of lysine, second experimental groups fed contained lysine at the rate of 11.7g/kg of lysine, third group 13.6 g/kg of lysine and fourth group 14.9 g/kg, respectively for 35 days. The results showed a significant increase (P