Effects of Replacing Maize with Yam Peel Meal on Short Term Laying Performance of Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Laying Performance and Egg Characteristics of Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) Fed Diets Containing Mango Fruit Reject Meal

“…Henday and hen-house egg production of 63.24 to 84.14 recorded in this research were identical because there was no mortality during the experimental period and the values agreed with the recommendation of Randall and Bolla [5], who opined that 70 to 80% is good for the farmer. The result was higher than 40 to 68.28% reported by Ghazvinian and others [24], 16.19 to 30.06% [1] and 16.51 to 29.5% reported by Ijaiya and others [23]; similar to that of [3], who reported Hen-day egg production values of 69.60 to 86.33% and lower than 83.5 to 89.0 reported by [25]. Though there was no significant difference, hen-day egg production of birds on 160.00g/kg inclusion of MFRM recording the lowest value of 63.24% and the (T3) with 80.00g/kg inclusion of MFRM recorded the highest value of 84.14% (HDEP).…”

“…Feed intake (22.53 -22.59 g/hen/day) was higher than 13.27 to 22.15g reported by Tuleun and others [3] when Japanese quail hens were fed diets having varying levels of crude protein and 14 to 18 g [5]; similar to the report of Babajide and others [22], who reported daily feed intake of 20.61-22.28 g when Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) were fed diets supplemented with ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol but lower than 29.20 to 30.30 g when Japanese quail hens were fed varying protein and energy levels and 27.32 to 29.84 g, reported before [23]. It was also less than the report of Edache and others [1]. Henday and hen-house egg production of 63.24 to 84.14 recorded in this research were identical because there was no mortality during the experimental period and the values agreed with the recommendation of Randall and Bolla [5], who opined that 70 to 80% is good for the farmer.…”

“…Diversifying poultry production, which has been chicken-centred, is one way of increasing protein supply to the less developed world, most hit by the adverse effect of the competition for conventional feedstuffs by man and his animals. Recent investigations have identified some micro-livestock species with short generation intervals, high productivity; less space requirement and easy handling that are likely to convert agro-industrial by-products to meat and or egg more efficiently than the chicken [1,2,3]. One such micro-livestock poultry is the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japanica).…”

“…Water soaked sweet orange peels were also used in quail feeding as a replacement for maize [12]. Yam peels [1] and sugarcane scrapping [13] have been successfully utilized in quail diets.…”

Performance and egg qualities of laying japanese quails fed yam peel meal based diets with enzymes complex+yeast supplementation

“…The incorporation of these alternative feedstuffs in poultry rations would help to mitigate the problem of feed shortages and extortionate prices resulting from seasonal production and high demand for traditional feedstuffs such as maize and soybean due to strong rivalry between humans, livestock and industries for their use (Agbabiaka, Madubuike, Ekenyem, & Esonu, 2013;Abd El-Hack, Alagawany, Farag, & Dhama, 2015). Thus, research interest in optimizing the use of fairly inexpensive and readily accessible agro by-products, such as yam peel to formulate poultry feeds, has been intensified in an attempt to minimize feed production costs (Edache, Yisa, & Okpala, 2012;Olajide, 2014;Aguihe, Kehinde, Ilaboya, Abidoye, & Iyayi, 2015;Diarra, 2018).…”