Zingiber officinale NAS RAÇÕES PARA CODORNAS JAPONESAS EM POSTURA

Abstract

The objective was to study the use of increasing levels of powdered ginger (0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5 and 2.0%) in the diet of laying Japanese quails. On the performance and quality of eggs. One hundred and fifty female quails of the species Coturnix coturnix japônica were used, aged approximately 40 to 52 weeks of life (in the third laying cycle). The treatments consisted of diets based on corn and soybean meal supplemented with 0; 0.5; 1.0; 1.5 and 2.0% powdered ginger. The design used was completely randomized (DIC), with five treatments and six replicates containing five birds per replicate. The experiment lasted 84 days, with three production cycles, with 28 days each. It is concluded that the inclusion of increasing levels of powdered ginger in Japanese quail diets improved the performance on the indexes of CAM (feed conversion per egg mass), CADz (feed conversion per dozen eggs), increased egg weight and intensified the yolk color, in addition to improving the thickness of the egg shells.