EFFECT OF DIETARY INCORPORATION OF SHATAVARI(ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS) ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCEOF JAPANESE QUAILD.S. Goswami, J.L. Choudhary, L. Gupta, S. Mishra and S.C. JingarAbstract The present research was conducted to evaluate the effect of incorporation of Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus)root powder (SRP)in the diet on the performance and carcass yield of Japanese quail. 150-day old quailchicks were randomly allotted to 5 dietary treatment groups with 3 replicates of 10 birds for 7 wk. The SRPwas ground and included at 0% (Ts0; Control), 1.0 (Ts1), 1.5 (Ts2), 2.0 (Ts3) and 2.5% (Ts4) levels in isocaloricand iso-nitrogenous quailchickâs diets to meet the nutrient requirements as per NRC (1994).Therewas a significant increase (P<0.05) in BWG, overall feed intake and improved (P<0.05) FCR with incorporationof SRP at 2.5% in the diet compared to the control group. There was a significant difference (P<0.05) in thecarcass traits with respect to dressing wt, eviscerated wt, edible wt and giblet wt(i.e. liver, heart and gizzard).However, incorporation of SRP at 2.5% level had higher carcass yield (P<0.05) compared to the controlgroup. Thus, it is concluded that SRP can be safely incorporated at 2.5% level in quail diets without anyadverse effects. |