Effects of the Hydrolysable Oak Tannins on the Quail Performance

Authors

  • Mesut Karaman Animal Science Department, Agriculture Faculty, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, 46100 Kahramanmaraş
  • Trefa Kamal M. Azize Animal Science Department, Agriculture Faculty, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, 46100 Kahramanmaraş
  • Mehmet Sait Ekinci Animal Science Department, Agriculture Faculty, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, 46100 Kahramanmaraş

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i12.1085-1087.787

Keywords:

Japanese quail, feed intake, feed conversion, hydrolysable oak tannin, growth performance

Abstract

In the present study effects of different levels of hydrolyzed oak tannin on Japanese quail, live body weight and live body weight gain, food intake, food conversion efficiency and mortality rate were investigated. Therefore, a total of 240 quails were weighed and divided into 4 treatment groups each with 3 replicates containing 20 birds and reared in flat for 42 days as experimental period. While one of the groups was fed control diet with no additives (0% tannin A), other groups were fed with the different percentages of tannin on their diets, which are 0.5% (B), 1.0% (C), 1.5% (D) respectively. It has been observed that Japanese quails that fed the oak tannin containing diet had slower growth rate and poorer feed conversion efficiency and high mortality rate than birds fed with a tannin-free diet.

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Published

01.12.2016

How to Cite

Karaman, M., Kamal M. Azize, T., & Ekinci, M. S. (2016). Effects of the Hydrolysable Oak Tannins on the Quail Performance. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4(12), 1085–1087. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i12.1085-1087.787

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Animal Production