CANELA (Cinnamomum Verum) EM PÓ EM DIETAS DE CODORNAS JAPONESAS

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate cinnamon supplementation on animal performance, egg quality, gastrointestinal tract biometry, bone biometry, blood biochemical profile, of the pancreas of laying quails. 140 hardened quails of the species Coturnix coturnix japônica, with approximately 45 days of age, were used. The design was completely randomized (DIC), with four treatments and five replications, containing seven birds per cage. The treatments consisted of control, control diet with addition of 0.025% antibiotic, control diet with addition of 0.5% cinnamon powder and control diet with addition of 1.0% powdered cinnamon. Cinnamon supplementation does not influence performance, egg quality, gastrointestinal tract biometry, bone biometry, and the biochemical profile of the pancreas. Yolk color reduced with 1% of cinnamon, in the blood biochemical profile, calcium increased with 1% of cinnamon, the Ca/P ratio reduced with 0.5% and the GOT enzyme reduced with 1% of cinnamon, in the profile of liver total protein and enzymes GPT and GOT reduced as treatment in antibiotic treatment, and AEGOT increased in antibiotic treatment, cholesterol reduced with inclusion of cinnamon. The inclusion of cinnamon powder in diets of Japanese quail positively affected the liver enzyme GOT in the blood, evidencing the hepatoprotective effect, due to the properties of cinnamon, and also reduced liver cholesterol, which cinnamon acts on the lipid metabolism, as a limitation of cholesterol and changed the color of the yolk.