Evaluation of the some feedstuffs for japanese quails (<em>Coturnix coturnix japonica</em>)

Abstract

A digestibility trial was carried out to evaluate energy values of meat-bone meal, fish meal, cottonseed meal, sorghum and triticale for japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Two hundred and eighty-eight 55day-old male quails were distributed in a completely randomized design, with six treatments and six replications, and eight quails per experimental unit. The methodology consisted of total of excretion collection and replacement of 30% reference diet based on corn and soybean meal by feefstuff. The dry matter metabolization coefficients (DMMC) and gross energy metabolization coefficients (GEMC) of the sorghum and triticale were highest (P < .05). The GEMC (%) and corrected aparent metabolizable energy values (kcal/kg) resulted in 39.48 and 1,346; 54.59 and 2,425; 27.05 and 1,120; 82.06 and 3,047; 77.69 and 2,908, respectively, for meat-bone meal, fish meal, cottonseed meal, sorghum and triticale.