Effects of dietary supplementation with Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. leaf meal on productive performance and hematological parameters in Japanese quail
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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with Centella asiatica leaf meal on productive performance and hematological parameters in Japanese quail. A completely randomized design was used in this study. A total of 360 Japanese quails at 84 days of age were divided into 4 treatment groups. Each treatment had 3 replicates and contained 30 birds per replicate. Treatments diets were formulated with the supplementation of Centella asiatica leaf meal levels 0, 2, 4, and 6% in the basal diet of 20% crude protein and 2,800 Kcal of metabolizable energy/kg. The body weight, feed intake, egg production, and egg quality were recorded. Blood samples were collected and analyzed for hematological parameters. The results showed that feed supplemented with Centella asiatica leaf meal affected significantly on the amount of feed intake and feed conversion ratio to 1 kg eggs (P<0.01), but had no significant effect on body weight (P>0.05). It was also found that the feed supplemented with Centella asiatica leaf meal had no effects on egg weight, egg mass, eggshell, yolk percentages, and shell thickness (P>0.05) but had significant effects on the percentage of albumin and yolk color (P<0.05). Supplementation of Centella asiatica leaf meal had a statistically significant increase in the color of the yolk (P<0.05). In addition, the supplementation of Centella asiatica leaf meal can reduce the levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, cholesterol, and the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the blood of the Japanese quail. These results suggested that the Centella asiatica leaf meal supplementation at 2% in feed could enhance the overall performance of the birds without causing any deleterious effect on the health of the Japanese quail.
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