Effect of dietary supplementation of vitamin E on production performance and some biochemical characteristics of cloacal foam in male Japanese quail
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of increasing the level of dietary supplementation of vitamin E (VE) on production performance and biochemical characteristics of cloacal foam in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 225 male Japanese quail chicks (day...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Animal reproduction science 2013-07, Vol.140 (1-2), p.92-96 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of increasing the level of dietary supplementation of vitamin E (VE) on production performance and biochemical characteristics of cloacal foam in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total of 225 male Japanese quail chicks (day old) were randomly distributed to three dietary treatments for a period of 30 weeks. Each treatment comprised of three replicates, each containing 25 chicks. The basal diet (T₁) contained 12.30IUVEkg⁻¹ and the two experimental diets were supplemented with 150 and 300IUVEkg–¹ (diets T₂ and T₃, respectively). dl-α-Tocopherol acetate was used as the source of VE. All chicks were provided feed and water ad libitum. Mean body weights, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and mortality of the birds in the different treatment groups showed no significant differences (P>0.05), whereas a significant (P0.05), whereas the quantities of glucose (60.01%) and acid phosphatase (ACP, 32.46%) were significantly (P |
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ISSN: | 0378-4320 1873-2232 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.05.008 |