Effect of Black Cumin Seeds (Nigella sativa L.) or Black Cumin Oil Addition to Japanese Quail Diets on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Parameters

Abstract

Bu çalışma, bıldırcın rasyonlarına çörek otu tohumu ya da çörek otu yağı ilavesinin besi performansı, karkas özellikleri ve bazı kan parametrelerine etkisini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Araştırmada, 180 adet bir günlük yaşta Japon bıldırcını civcivi kullanıldı. Civcivler 45 hayvandan oluşan 4 ana gruba, her ana grup ise 15 civcivden oluşan 3 alt gruba ayrıldı. Gruplardan birisi başlangıç (1-21. gün) ve büyütme (22-35. gün) dönemlerinde temel yemlerle beslendi (Kontrol). Diğer gruplar aynı yeme %0.1 oksitetrasiklin (Pozitif Kontrol: PK), %1 çörek otu tohumu (ÇOT) veya %0.1 çörek otu yağı (ÇOY) ilave edilerek beslendi. Deneme bitiminde her ana gruptan 15 bıldırcın kesilerek karkas verim özellikleri ve kan serum parametreleri belirlendi. Araştırma sonunda, PK ve ÇOT gruplarının canlı ağırlık ortalaması Kontrol'den önemli derecede yüksek bulundu. Araştırma geneli dikkate alındığında ortalama canlı ağırlık artışı, yem tüketimi ve yemden yararlanma oranı bakımından gruplar arasında farklılık görülmedi. Karkas ağırlığı; Kontrol grubunda diğer tüm gruplardan önemli derecede düşük bulunurken, karkas randımanı, göğüs, but ve kanat oranları bakımından gruplar arasında farklılık oluşmadı. Serum kolesterol konsantrasyonu ÇOY grubunda Kontrol grubundan önemli derecede düşük tespit edilirken, Ca, P, VLDL, HDL, LDL, ALT, ALP, albumin, globulin ve total protein konsantrasyonu bakımından gruplar arasında farklılık görülmedi. Sonuç olarak; bıldırcın rasyonlarına %1 oranında çörek otu tohumu ilavesinin antibiyotik ilaveli grupta olduğu gibi canlı ağırlığı önemli derecede artırdığı, %0.1 oranında çörek otu yağı ilavesinin hipokolesterolemik etki gösterdiği tespit edilmiştir. Anahtar sözcükler: Bıldırcın, Çörek otu tohumu, Çörek otu yağı, Besi performansı, Karkas, Kan parametreleri Effect of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) Seeds or Black Cumin Oil Addition to Japanese Quail Diets on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Some Blood Parameters AbstractThis study was conducted to determine effects of black cumin seeds or black cumin oil addition to quail rations on growth performance, carcass traits and some blood parameters. Totally 180 daily Japanese quail chicks were used. Chicks allocated four main groups each containing 45 chicks, and each main group divided into three subgroups each containing 15 chicks. A group was fed with basal starter diet for 1-21 th days and grower diet for 22-35 th days (Control). Other groups were fed same diets but their diet added by 0.1% oxytetracycline (Positive control: PC), 1% black cumin seed (BCS) or 0.1% black cumin oil (BCO). At last of study 15 chicks from each main group were slaughtered for determination of carcass traits and blood serum parameters. Final average live weight of quails in PC and BCS groups were significantly higher than C group. There were no differences on live weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio among the groups on basis of whole study period. Carcass weight was lower in C group than the other groups, while there were no differences on carcass yield, leg...

Immune response, hematological traits, biochemical blood parameters, and histological status of laying hens influenced by dietary chitosan-oligosaccharides

“…Our findings concur with those of Nuengjamnong and Angkanaporn (2018) , who observed that including COS in broiler diets significantly enhanced the ratio of villus height to crypt depth while decreasing crypt depth. Moreover, Tufan et al (2015) reported that Japanese quail-fed COS had considerably longer villus and crypt lengths than the control group. Moreover, Kamal et al (2023b) obtained that growing rabbits fed COS had more villi and deeper crypts than control animals.…”

The effects of black cumin (Nigella sativa l..) seed on carcass characteristics, kidney oxidant antioxidant levels and ileum histomorphology in Japanese quails

“…Likewise, in both male and female quails, the thigh percentage increased in the NS-0.5 group compared to the control and other NS-supplemented groups; Also, the abdominal fat ratio decreased with the supplementation of NS.Therefore, considering that the quails closest to the group mean were slaughtered, it can be stated that in terms of carcass characteristics,compared to other NS-added groups, the best results were achieved in the NS-0.5 group and the rate of NS supplement was significant in this respect. Consistent with the results of this study, Majeed et al (2010) determined that the supplementation of 0.5% NS to broilers diet increased the thigh percentage but did not affect the breast weight.In different studies conducted with quails; Karadagogluet al ( 2019) found that supplementing the diet with 1% and 2% NS did not affect the slaughter weight, hot carcass weight, heart, and liver weight; Arif et al (2018) found that the supplementation of 0.5% black cumin powder to the diet did not affect liver, gizzard, heart and thigh weights; Tufan et al (2015) found that the supplementation of 1% NS did not affect carcass yield, breast, thigh and wing ratios. These results are consistent with the result of the present study that supplementation of 0.5%, 1%, and 2% NS to the diet did not affect slaughter, hot carcass, wing, liver and heart weights, compared to the control group.In some studieswith broilers; Amadand Mohammed(2013) found that the addition of 1.5%, 2.5%, and 3.5% NS did not affect slaughter weight, carcass yield, and edible visceral rates; Kumar et al (2018) stated that slaughter weight, carcass yield, breast, thigh, wing, neck, liver, and abdominal fat weight, and total edible visceral weight increased or tended to increase with the addition of 0.5%, 1% and 2% black cumin Although kidney MDA values showed a tendency to decrease in the NS groups, this decrease was not significant compared to the control group.…”

“…While Hamedi et al (2014) stated that villus height increased and crypt depth decreased in broiler chickens with NS supplementation, Saeid et al (2013), on the other hand, stated that both the villus height and the crypt depth increased in quails with 0.5% black seed supplementation. In the literature, there are mostly studies examining the effects of using NS in quail feeds on the performance, food digestibility and economic efficiency of quails (Karadagoglu et al, 2019;Tufan et al, 2015). In addition, in previous studies, serum oxidant and antioxidant levels of NS in broiler feeds were examined (Aydogan et al, 2020;Hassan, 2021).…”

Determining the effects of black cumin seed oil on performance and meat fatty acid profile of broiler chickens

“…Saleh (2014) reported significant improvement in LW and LWG of chicks when they were fed 1 ml/kg DM of BCS oil compared with chicks in an unsupplemented control group. Similarly, when broilers were fed a diet that was supplemented with 0.10-0.15% BCS oil (Attia & Al-Harthi, 2015) and when Japanese quail were a diet that was supplemented with 0.1% BCS oil (Tufan et al, 2015) the LWG of the birds was significantly increased. In the current study, both diets supplemented with BCS oil generally increased LW and LWG.…”