International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2016, Volume : 4, Issue : 5
First page : (17) Last page : (22)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2397

Effects of Dietary Oregano Essential Oil on Growth Performance, Carcass Parameters and Some Blood Parameters in Japanese Male Quail

Reza BADIRI¹ and Seyyed Naeim SABER²*
¹Department of Animal Science, Azad University of Shabestar Shabestar, Iran
²Department of Animal Science, Cukurova University, Adana, 01330, Turkey
*Corresponding Author E-mail: naeim_saber@yahoo.com
Received: 18.10.2016  |  Revised: 27.10.2016   |  Accepted: 30.10.2016  

Abstract
The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effects of oregano essential oil on growth performance, carcass characteristic and some blood metabolites in male Japanese quail.  A total of 400 male Japanese quail (21 days of age) were used in completely randomized design with 5 traits (0, 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg oregano oil respectively) and 4 replicate (20 birds per replicate). During this study the birds had free access to food and water. The results obtained from this study showed that adding of oregano essential oil in quail feed had not significant effect (p>0.05) on feed intake and feed conversion ratio but feed conversion ratio numerically was better in treatment groups. Supplementation of oregano essential oil in quail diet had significant effect on body weight gain and final body weight (p<0.05). The result obtained from this study showed that the addition of oregano essential oil had not significantly effect on liver, heart, breast, and wings weight but it had significant effect on thigh and neck weights (p<0.05). Also supplementation of oregano essential oil in quail diets could not have effect on blood metabolites (p>0.05).

Key words: Japanese quail, feed intake, oregano essential oil, blood metabolites.

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Cite this article: Badiri, R. and Saber, S.N., Effects of Dietary Oregano Essential Oil on Growth Performance, Carcass Parameters and Some Blood Parameters in Japanese Male Quail, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.4(5): 17-22 (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2397