Effect of sun dried tomato pomace( SDTP) supplementation on productive and economic efficiency of laying Japanese Quail

Shehata, Seham Fawzy; Kamel, Eman; Abo-Salem, Mohammed El-Sayed; Atallah, Sanad Talaat

doi:10.21608/bvmj.2018.47866

Effect of sun dried tomato pomace( SDTP) supplementation on productive and economic efficiency of laying Japanese Quail

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University.

² - Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University

³ Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University.

10.21608/bvmj.2018.47866

Abstract

This work was conducted to study the effect of sun dried tomato pomace (SDTP) with or without enzymes supplementation on productive and economic efficiency of laying Japanese hens. A total of 144 forty-two- days-old female Japanese quails were used. The hens were randomly allocated into 6 groups (24 hens per each group which subdivided into 3 replicates each one contains 8 females.). Group 1 was fed on the basal diet (BD) (control), Group 2 were fed on the BD containing AveMix® 02 CS enzyme 0.2g/kg diet. While hens of group 3 were fed BD containing 2.5% SDTP. Group 4 received BD containing 2.5% SDTP with AveMix® 02 CS enzyme. Group 5 received BD containing 5% SDTP. Group 6 received BD containing 5% SDTP with AveMix® 02 CS enzyme. From the obtained results, it was observed that addition of different levels of SDTP not affected significantly daily egg production. The greatest egg mass was for (5%) SDTP with enzymes group (281.57 gm)/ bird. While the lowest egg mass was for (5%) SDTP group (247.41 gm) egg/ bird. feeding different concentrations of SDTP with or without enzyme showed a non- significant effect on carcass traits in laying hens. The feed cost, Total Variable Cost (TVC) and Total Cost (TC) were high for the control group (367.63, 1084.88 and 1288.88 piasters); respectively. While, they were low for (5%) SDTP group (285.49, 990.84 and 1194.84 piasters); respectively. The highest Net Return (NR) value was found for (2.5%) SDTP group (381.25piasters) while the lowest one was found for (5%) SDTP group and control group (310.66, 310.84 piasters); respectively.

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