| dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Snail supplemented diet on
production performances of Japanese quail. A total of 120, day old quails were assigned
into four groups T0, T1, T2 and T3, where each group contained 10 birds with 3
replication. Group T0 was considered as control which was fed with formulated diet
without snail. Groups T1, T2 and T3 were fed also with formulated diet supplemented with
1%, 2% and 3% snail respectively. Live body weight, body weight gain, plasma calcium
and phosphorus level were determined at the age of 15, 30, 45 and 60 days of quail.
Number of egg, egg weight, egg shell thickness, yolk and albumin index, Egg shape index
were measured from the day of 45 through end of the experiment. Although of the T1 on
day 30, 45 & 60 live body weights were not significantly (p>0.05) increased, the birds of
T2 and T3 were significantly increased from the control birds without snail. Number of
egg, egg weight, egg shell thickness, yolk and albumin index, Egg shape index were
almost similar among different treatment groups. Plasma Calcium and phosphorus level
were higher among the treatment groups compared to the control and differed
significantly (p<0.01). The present study revealed that the supplementation of snail in the
quail feed ration were effective with improvement of the performance of quail. | en_US |
