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PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAILS ON DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH DRIED FRUIT GRANULES OF MORINDA CITRIFOLIA

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Title PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAILS ON DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH DRIED FRUIT GRANULES OF MORINDA CITRIFOLIA
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Creator Jai Sunder
A. Kundu
D.R. Singh
T. Sujatha
S. Jeyakumar
 
Subject Cost-efficiency
Egg production
Growth
Japanese quail
Morinda
 
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Morinda citrifolia (Noni), also known as Indian mulberry, grows widely in Andaman
& Nicobar group of Islands, and is used as a traditional food by the tribal populace.
There is lack of empirical literature on the use of dried fruit granules as a food
complement in birds. The present study depicts the effect of supplementation of
Sun-dried ripened fruit granules of Morinda citrifolia on the production performance
of Japanese quails and its economic significance. Fifty quails (day-old) procured
for this study, were divided into two groups, with 25 birds in each group. Group
A birds were given Sun-dried ripe fruit granules of Morinda citrifolia (20%, w/w)
as replacement of the concentrate mixture in the ration, while group B birds were
given concentrate mixture in the ration, and was used as the control. The study
was conducted for 18 weeks. The dried fruit granules of ripened morinda,
contained protein (5.8%), fat (2.3%), crude fibre (7.7%), ash (13.5%), moisture (8%),
Zn (26 ppm), Mn (14.5 ppm), Fe (33.21 ppm), Cu (18.65 ppm), Ca (49.12 ppm), Mg
(173.77 ppm), Na ( 336.12 ppm), and K (1158.2 ppm). It was found that the birds
in morinda supplemented group achieved higher (P0.05) market body weight
(g) at 5 weeks (109.4±7.22) and better (P0.05) feed conversion ratio (FCR, g) per
week between 1-5 weeks (7.57±0.91) than the market body weight (106.8±6.65)
and FCR (9.01±0.97) in the control. The average hen housed egg production per
week in 13 weeks (59.34±12.31) was higher (P0.05) in morinda supplemented
group than the control (56.80±10.71). The feed cost per gram gain in body weight
in quails was 0.13 in morinda supplemented group compared to 0.18 in the
control. The cost of an egg was 0.45 in morinda supplemented group, while it
was 0.78 in the control group. Thus, morinda supplementation accrued a
dividend of 0.05 per gram gain in body weight and 0.33 per egg over the
control. It is concluded that substitution of conventional concentrate mixture with
Morinda citrifolia dried fruit granules (20%, w/w) in ration was cost-efficient in
quails
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Date 2021-07-28T06:19:05Z
2021-07-28T06:19:05Z
2013-10-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/50513
 
Language English
 
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