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    MAXIGRAIN® ENZYME IMPROVES LAYING PERFORMANCE OF LAYER QUAILS (CORTUNIX CORTUNIX JAPONICA) FED SUGARCANE SCRAPPING MEAL-BASED DIETS
    (Department of Animal Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2014-09-26) Tuleun, C. D.; Alu, S.E.; Carew, S.N.; Kaankuka, F. G.
    Three hundred and sixty 6 weeks old laying quails were utilized in an 8 week experiment to evaluate the effects of Maxigrain® enzyme supplementation of sugarcane scrapping meal-based diets on growth rate and laying parameters of layer Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Six diets tagged T10, T10IOO, T102oo, TI5, TI5ioo and T152oo were formulated to be isonitrogenous (207cCP) and isocaloric (2786.72 Kcal/kg ME). Diets T10 TIOiooand T102oo contained 10% crude fibre while T15, T15/oo mid T102oo contained 157o crude fibre. The enzyme was include at 0,100 and 200ppm thus, treatments TJOiw, T1020o. TJ5!0o and T15200 contained 100 and 200pm of the enzyme such that T10 and TJ5 functioned as the control for TlOioo mid T10200, and T15joo and T15:oo respectively. The birds were randomly allocated to the 6 dietary treatments at the rate of 60 birds per diet. Each treatment was replicated 4 times in a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement having 13 and 2 sexually mature female and male birds per replicate, respectively. The results showed that dietary fibre improved (P<0.05) dressing percentage (61.62 and 74.117o), white blood cells count (267.30 and 268.90 x10*/ml) and neutrophils (1.83 and 2.007o) but reduced red blood cells count (3.39 and 3.34 xlCf/ml), lymphocytes (98.17 and 98.177o) and haemoglobin (14.12 and 13.93 g/dl). Birds fed the no-enzyme and 100 ppm enzyme supplemented diets produced better (P<0.05) white blood cells count (2Z5.50 xlO*/ml). Lymphocytes (98.257o) and neutrophils (2.257o) were improved (P<0.05) in bird fed the no-enzyme and 200 ppm enzyme supplemented diets, and 100 ppm enzyme supplemented diets only. The interaction of enzyme and dietary fibre influenced (P<0.05) weight of heart as birds fed the T15 (0.547o), T15joo (0.577o) and T152m (0.637o) had the heaviest weight while those fed the T15200 (10.067c) had the heaviest weight of gastrointestinal tract than those fed the other treated diets. In view of the comparable performances of the birds fed the high fibre-enzyme supplemented diets, fanners can use the combination for quail farming without affecting the meat quality and health of the birds
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    RESPONSE OF FINISHER JAPANESE QUAILS (CORTUNIX CORTUNIX JAPONIC A) TO ENZYME-SUPPLEMENTED SUGARCANE SCRAPPING MEAL-BASED DIETS AND COST IMPLICATION
    (Department of Aninal Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2014-09-26) Alu, S. E.; Kaankuka, F. G.; Carew, S. N.; Tuleun, C. D
    The stud , investigative response of finisher Japanese quails (Cotmuiix commix japonica) to enzymesupple m< .:■(/ sugarra/. : scrapping meal-based diets and the cost implication using 400 three weeks-old Japanese quails in a J week experiment. The birds were randomly allocated to 6 experimental diets T/o, T/olOO, Tw200, Tit TjtlOO and Tif200 which were compounded to be isonitrogenous (23% crude protein) and isocaloric (2900 Kcal/Kg ME). Treatments Tio, TjolOO, and Ti0200 contained 10% crude fibre (normal fibre level) while treatments Tit TJ5100 and Tj5200 contained 15% crude fibre level (high fibre level). The exogenous enzyme was included at 0, 100 and 200ppm thus, treatments T/o and T/5 contained Oppm, TjO100 and Ttfl00 contained lOOppm and T/0200 and T/5200 contained 200ppm of the enzyme supplementation such that treatments Tw and T,5 served as the control for treatments TtolOO% and Tto200 and TJ5I00 and T/5200 for low and high fibre diets, respectively. The birds were randomly allocated to the six dietary treatments at rate of SO birds per diet in a 3 week experiment. Each treatment was replicated 4 times in a 3x2 factorial arrangement having 20 birds per replicate. The growth response parameters taken included body weight, feed consumption, weight gain, feed conversion ratio and protein efficiency ratio (PER) while the prevailing market prices of feeding stuffs were used to compute the cost benefit analysis. There was no significant variation in the growth parameters due to enzyme supplementation on growth rate and cost benefit except for water intake (126.20 vs. 142.10 and 106.26 ml/day), dietary fibre reduced final live weight, daily weight gain, protein efficiency ratio, FCR, water intake and cost benefit parameters but improved daily feed intake (21.93 and 27.94g/bird/day).The interactive effects of dietary fibre and enzyme supplementation did not influence growth rate and cost benefit parameters. From the conditions of this study, sugarcane scrapping can replace conventional energy sources to a level that is economically beneficial and nutritionally safe in quail production if arabinoxylanase is supplemented at 100 ppm.