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Different calcium sources on the productive performance and bone quality of meat quail
Fecha
2022-01-01Registro en:
Ciencia Rural. Santa Maria: Univ Federal Santa Maria, v. 52, n. 6, 7 p., 2022.
0103-8478
10.1590/0103-8478cr20210446
WOS:000723196000001
Autor
Univ Fed Alagoas UFAL
Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Institución
Resumen
This study was developed to examine the effect of using charru mussel-, macunim- and oyster-shell meals as calcium sources on the productive performance, carcass yield and bone parameters of meat quail. A total of 250 one-day-old non-sexed European quail were used. The birds were distributed into five treatments (calcium sources: calcitic lime, calcium carbonate, charru mussel shell meal, macunim shell meal or oyster shell meal) in a completely randomized design with five replicates and ten birds per experimental unit. Feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion were evaluated from one to 35 days. At 35 days, two birds with the average weight of the plot were slaughtered per plot and used for analysis of carcass yield and bone parameters. There were no significant differences (P > 0.05) in feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion, carcass yield or tibia dry matter content, ash content and strength. The charru mussel-, macunim- and oyster-shell meals can be used as calcium sources in the diet of European quail without affecting their productive performance, carcass yield or bone mineralization.