Effect of dietary supplementation of azolla powder on carcass, blood serum and proximate properties of breast and thigh muscles of Japanese quail
Author(s): VD Borkar, ST Pachpute, DK Kamble, DK Deokar, SB Adangle and AT Lokhande
Abstract: The present experiment was conducted at the Poultry Unit, Veterinary Polyclinic and A.I. Center, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri Dist. Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. The feeding trial of six weeks for growth performance was conducted which were subjected to four treatments and designated as treatment T0, T1, T2 and T3, respectively. Total 160 day-old chicks were selected for the experiment. The chicks fed with basal diet in control group (T0), while chicks in treatment T1, T2 and T3 were fed basal diet with Azolla meal powder @ 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 percent each, respectively. All the birds were given isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets thought the experimental period. The significant results observed in carcass parameters such as dressing percentage, breast percentage, thigh percentage and giblet percentage was significantly higher in treatment feeding with 7.5 percent level of Azolla meal. The serum cholesterol levels decrease as the level of azolla meal increased in the ration of Japanese quail. The inclusion of azolla in the diet had non-significant effect on moisture, protein, fat and ash content in the breast and thigh tissues.
How to cite this article:
VD Borkar, ST Pachpute, DK Kamble, DK Deokar, SB Adangle, AT Lokhande. Effect of dietary supplementation of azolla powder on carcass, blood serum and proximate properties of breast and thigh muscles of Japanese quail. Int J Vet Sci Anim Husbandry 2024;9(3):417-420.