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By-products of apricot processing in quail feed: Effects on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical quality

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The rearing of quails can have a stronger attraction for the breeders if we lower the cost prices by introducing by-products in their feed formulas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the partial substitution of soybean meal by apricot kernel cake (AKC) in the d...

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Autores principales: Boubekeur, Fatma, Arbouche, Rafik, Arbouche, Yasmine, Arbouche, Fodil
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Veterinary World 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083935
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.878-883
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author Boubekeur, Fatma
Arbouche, Rafik
Arbouche, Yasmine
Arbouche, Fodil
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description BACKGROUND AND AIM: The rearing of quails can have a stronger attraction for the breeders if we lower the cost prices by introducing by-products in their feed formulas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the partial substitution of soybean meal by apricot kernel cake (AKC) in the diet of quails, applied either sequentially or during all phases of rearing, on their growth performances, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical composition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 600 one-day-old quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica), with equal sex ratio and weighing on average 7±0.2 g, were randomly distributed in one control group and three experimental groups, the latter being designed according to the rate of application of AKC in either sequential or non-sequential mode in different rearing phases. Each group was divided into five replicates of 30 quails, randomly distributed according to either substitution rate of soybean meal by the AKC (0%, 10%, 20%, or 30%) or farming phase. RESULTS: The average daily gain from the 1(st) to 45(th) days (average daily gain(1–45d)) was found to be the highest (4.24 g/d/subject, p=0.021) for the 30% AKC-supplemented feed lot in either starter or finish incorporation (DF(TAA)), having an optimum final live weight of 193.4 g (p=0.028), a lowest feed conversion ratio of 3.08 (p=0.001), and a daily feed intake of 860 g (p=0.01). Carcass yield was recorded the highest (74.4%, p=0.02) with an optimum meat protein level (30.6%, p=0.024) and the lowest fat content (2.26%, p=0.001) for the same group as well. CONCLUSION: The partial substitution of soybean meal by AKC in the quails’ fattening feeding, during the finishing phase and for all rearing phases, led to a better growth performance, a better carcass yield, and an improved chemical composition of meat.
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spelling pubmed-81675442021-06-02 By-products of apricot processing in quail feed: Effects on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical quality Boubekeur, Fatma Arbouche, Rafik Arbouche, Yasmine Arbouche, Fodil Vet World Research Article BACKGROUND AND AIM: The rearing of quails can have a stronger attraction for the breeders if we lower the cost prices by introducing by-products in their feed formulas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the partial substitution of soybean meal by apricot kernel cake (AKC) in the diet of quails, applied either sequentially or during all phases of rearing, on their growth performances, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical composition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 600 one-day-old quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica), with equal sex ratio and weighing on average 7±0.2 g, were randomly distributed in one control group and three experimental groups, the latter being designed according to the rate of application of AKC in either sequential or non-sequential mode in different rearing phases. Each group was divided into five replicates of 30 quails, randomly distributed according to either substitution rate of soybean meal by the AKC (0%, 10%, 20%, or 30%) or farming phase. RESULTS: The average daily gain from the 1(st) to 45(th) days (average daily gain(1–45d)) was found to be the highest (4.24 g/d/subject, p=0.021) for the 30% AKC-supplemented feed lot in either starter or finish incorporation (DF(TAA)), having an optimum final live weight of 193.4 g (p=0.028), a lowest feed conversion ratio of 3.08 (p=0.001), and a daily feed intake of 860 g (p=0.01). Carcass yield was recorded the highest (74.4%, p=0.02) with an optimum meat protein level (30.6%, p=0.024) and the lowest fat content (2.26%, p=0.001) for the same group as well. CONCLUSION: The partial substitution of soybean meal by AKC in the quails’ fattening feeding, during the finishing phase and for all rearing phases, led to a better growth performance, a better carcass yield, and an improved chemical composition of meat. Veterinary World 2021-04 2021-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8167544/ /pubmed/34083935 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.878-883 Text en Copyright: © Boubekeur, et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_short By-products of apricot processing in quail feed: Effects on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical quality
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083935
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2021.878-883
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