Effect of House Cricket Meal (Acheta domestica) on Egg Production, Egg Quality and Blood Biochemical Profile of Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
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House crickets contain a high protein content, which might be a source of protein in the Japanese quail diet. Therefore, this research aimed to study the effect of house cricket meals on egg production egg quality and the blood biochemical profile of Japanese quail. A total of 200 laying Japanese quail, 9 weeks of age were randomly assigned to 5 groups with 4 replicates of 10 birds. The birds were fed a dietary treatment containing 5 levels different of house cricket meals 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8% in diet under completely randomized design. The study was conducted for 10 weeks. The results showed that feed intake, hen day production, feed conversion ratio, egg weight, egg mass, albumen weight, yolk weight, eggshell thickness, yolk color, hematocrit and hemoglobin were not statistically different (P>0.05). Haugh unit of quails fed with 6% and 8% house cricket meal in diet were higher than other groups (P<0.01). Therefore, it is possible to use 8% of house crickets meal to replace 100% fishmeal in the diet of laying Japanese quail.
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่ในวารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มรย. นี้ ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มรย. หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากวารสารวิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี มรย. ก่อนเท่านั้น
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