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The Effects of Dietary Garlic Powder on the Performance, Egg Traits and Blood Serum Cholesterol of Laying Quails

  • Yalcin, Sakine (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition) ;
  • Onbasilar, Ilyas (Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory Animal Husbandry and Research Unit) ;
  • Sehu, Adnan (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition) ;
  • Yalcin, Suzan (Selcuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Food Hygiene and Technology)
  • Received : 2006.10.11
  • Accepted : 2007.01.18
  • Published : 2007.06.01

Abstract

This study was conducted to study the effects of dietary garlic powder on laying performance, egg traits and blood serum cholesterol level of quails. A total of three hundred quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) aged nine weeks were used. They were allocated to 3 dietary treatments. Each treatment comprised 5 replicates of 20 quails. The diets were supplemented with 0, 5 and 10 g/kg garlic powder. The experimental period lasted 21 weeks. The addition of garlic powder did not significantly affect body weight, egg production, feed consumption, feed efficiency, egg shell thickness, egg albumen index, egg yolk index and egg Haugh unit. Adding 5 and 10 g/kg garlic powder to the laying quail diets increased egg weight (p<0.01). Egg yolk cholesterol and blood serum cholesterol concentration were reduced with garlic powder supplementation. The results of this study demonstrated that garlic powder addition had a significant cholesterol-reducing effect in serum and egg yolk without adverse effects on performance and egg traits of laying quails.

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