Effects of Adding Different Levels of Vegetable Oil and Animal Fat As an Energy Source to Breeding Quail Rations on the Reproductive Performance and Feed Efficiency
2 Prof. Dr., A. Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, ANKARA
3 Dr., A. Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, ANKARA - The experiment was conducted to study effects of different levels of vegetable oil and animal fat as sources of energy on the reproductive performance of the Japanese Quials in the egg production period that continued 16 weeks. Five groups of the animals were forme in this experiment. One of them was control and the other four were experimental groups. The animals in the experimental groups were fed rations that contained 2 % and 4 % vegetable oil or animal fat, respectively.
Egg production of control and experimental groups were 73.45 %, 72.65 %, 75.81 %, 69.99 % and 71.41 % respectively. Feed consumption and feed efficiency of groups were 27.51 g, 28.10 g, 26.61 g., 27.70 g, and 29.82 g; and 5.97, 6.21, 5.37, 6.55 and 6.48 respectively .The differents among the egg production, feed consumption and feed efficiency of groups were not statistically significiant.
Hatchabilty of groups 60.00 %, 61.43 %, 60.84 %, 61.21 % and 60.00 % respectively. Fertility and fertile eggs of hatch of groups were 88.33 %, 84.17 %, 84.17 %, 83.34 % and 80.00 % with 67.52 %, 72.30 %, 72.23 %, 72.47 % and 73.77 % respectively. The differents the among hatchability, fertility and fertile eggs of hatch of groups were not statisticaly significiant.
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