Impact of Using Ginger (Zingiber Officinale) in Laying Quail Diets on Egg Production, Egg Quality and Blood Parameters

Abstract

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of using ginger (Zingiber officinale) in laying quail diets on egg production, egg quality and blood parameters. A total of 120 female quails at 10-weeks old were used with four treatment groups, in three replicates for each treatment, and 10 birds per replicate. The first group (control) was fed a basal diet. Second, third, and fourth treatments were fed on diets containing ginger roots powder at levels of 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75% of the diet. Egg production and exterior and interior quality of eggs were measured over eight-week period. At the end of the experiment period three birds were taken randomly from each treatment and slaughtered to evaluate blood parameters. The results showed that the groups fed diets containing ginger recorded a highly significant difference in egg production, egg number, egg mass, and average egg weight compared to the control group. On contrary, egg quality did not show any statistically significant differences except eggshell percentage, egg shape index, the weight of albumin, and yolk which was for the benefit of the groups fed diets that contain ginger. In addition, using ginger in quail diets decreased total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, glucose, ALT and AST and increase total protein, globulin, albumin and HDL-cholesterol. Also, results showed a highly significant difference in LH, FSH, and Estradiol hormones in groups fed diets containing ginger compared to the control group. In conclusion, the results of this study showed that the using ginger up to 0.75% seems to have a positive influence on egg production, egg quality and blood biochemical parameters in laying quail birds.

Influences of dietary supplementation of ginger powder and frankincense oil on productive performance, blood biochemical parameters, oxidative status and tissues histomorphology of laying Japanese quail

“…Also, using ginger reduced serum LDL and total cholesterol levels while raising HDL levels across the board compared to the control group. Our findings concur with Salmanzadeh (2015) , Zewail et al (2016) , Swain et al (2017) , Herve et al (2018) , Herve et al (2019) , Asghar et al (2021) , El-Kashif and Roshdy (2022) all described that ginger significantly reduced total cholesterol, HDL, and LDL. Due to ginger's high amount of unsaturated fatty acids, which might increase intestinal cholesterol release, plasma cholesterol levels may have decreased.…”

“…The results showed that adding ginger and frankincense oil to the diets of laying quail birds improved various periods of trial egg production characteristics. Our results are partly in line with those of El-Kashif and Roshdy (2022) , who found that egg production and number were considerably ( P ≤ 0.05) greater in treatments receiving feed having various grades of ginger root than in the control group. Along the same lines, egg weight and mass were considerably higher in the same treatments over 3 age phases and the entire reproductive period ( P ≤ 0.05).…”