EFFECTS OF REPLACING MAIZE WITH INDOMIE DOUGH IN FEEDING JAPANESE QUAILS

Abstract

A six weeks feeding trial was carried out to evaluate the effect of replacing mazie with indomie waste in feeding Japanese quails. Two hundred and five quails were randomly allocated to five treatments in a completely randomized design consisting of five treatments which were five graded levels of indomie (nodules) waste (IW) at 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. Each treatment was replicated thrice with 13 quails per replicate. Weight of birds and feed intake were measured on a weekly basis and used to compute weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio. Blood samples were collected to analyze for haematological parameters. The results of the study showed that weight gain was highest for quails fed 50% IW compared to those fed 75%, 0% (control) and 25% IW. Feed conversion ratio was highest (P<0.05) for quails fed 50% IW as compared those fed 75%, 0% and 25% IW. There was significant (P<0.05) difference among the treatments in heterocyst‘s and lymphocytes while red blood cell, PCV, heamoglobin and total protein were similar for all the treatments.It can be concluded that indomie (nodules) waste can replace maize up to 50% without adverse effects on growth performance and haematological indices of quail birds.