RESPONSE OF JAPANESE QUAILS (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA) FED DIETS CONTAINING VARYING LEVELS OF SWEET POTATO PEEL (IPOMOEA BATATAS) MEAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7178Keywords:
Dietary treatments, Japanese quails, Performances, Sweet Potato Peel, Varying levelsAbstract
The response of Japanese quails chicks (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed diets containing varying levels of Sweet potato peel (ipomoea batatas) meal as dietary energy was studied. Three hundred unsexed 2 weeks old Japanese quails (mean weight 32.00g) were fed the different diets for a period of 28 days during which data were collected. The birds were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments each (0, 10, 20, 30% sweet potato peel meal) consisting of 75 grower quails per treatment with three replicates of 25 birds in a completely randomized designed (CRD). Water and feed were supplied ad libitum. Result showed that inclusion of sweet potato peel meal in diets of grower quails significantly improved (P<0.05) their final live weights, weight gain, cost per gain and age at 1st egg across dietary treatments. Feed intake decreased
significantly (P < 0.05) as the levels of sweet potato increased in diets. Quail birds fed 10% sweet potato peel meal performed significantly (P < 0.05) better in feed conversion ratio. It was concluded that sweet potato peel inclusion at 10% enhanced growth performance of Japanese quails up to 6 weeks of age compared to other dietary treatments.
