Passion fruit waste in diets for quail in the laying phase

It was aimed to evaluate the effect of including the waste from passion fruit pulp extraction in diets for Japanese quail in the laying phase on their production performance and egg quality. A total of 280 female quail were distributed into five treatments with eight replicates and seven birds per cage. Treatments consisted of 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8% inclusion of passion fruit waste in the diet. The experiment began with quail at 70 days of age and lasted 63 days, with performance evaluated every 21 days and egg quality in the last two days of each cycle. There was no difference between the treatments for feed intake, body weight, specific gravity, or eggshell thickness. However, a decreasing linear regression was obtained for feed intake with the inclusion of the waste, while a quadratic response was show by egg production, weight and parts of the egg. Inclusion of up to 6% passion fruit waste in diets for quail is recommended to maintain the indices in relation to control treatment. However, the best values for egg-laying rate and for the weights of egg, albumen, yolk, and shell are obtained with 2.5 to 3.5% inclusion of passion fruit waste.

Keywords:
by-product; egg quality; performance

Authorship

Adriana Aparecida Pereira ^** Author for correspondence. E-mail: adri_zoo@hotmail.com

Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus Arapiraca, Avenida Manoel Severino Barbosa, s/n, Bom Sucesso, 57309-005, Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil. Universidade Federal de AlagoasBrazilArapiraca, Alagoas, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus Arapiraca, Avenida Manoel Severino Barbosa, s/n, Bom Sucesso, 57309-005, Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil.

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-807X

Rosineide Silva de Alcântara

Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.Universidade Federal de AlagoasBrazilRio Largo, Alagoas, BrazilCentro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Rio Largo, Alagoas, Brazil.

Andressa Souza de Moura

Dirceu Neutzling Griep Júnior

Gisele Maria Nunes Vieira

José Rafael da Silva Almeida

* Author for correspondence. E-mail: adri_zoo@hotmail.com

SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Tables | Formulas

Tables (4)
Formulas (3)

Thumbnail

Table 1
Composition of experimental diets.

Thumbnail

Table 2
Production performance of the quail in the laying phase.

Thumbnail

Table 3
Mean values for quality parameters of quail eggs.

Thumbnail

Table 4
Effect of quadratic regression of the levels of passion fruit waste (PFW) on the weights of albumen, yolk, and shell.

Thumbnail

Table 1 Composition of experimental diets.

	Inclusion of passion fruit waste (%)
Ingredient	0.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	8.0
Corn grain	54.88	53.37	52.11	49.74	49.34
Soybean meal	34.92	34.67	33.72	35.00	34.30
Passion fruit waste	-	2.00	4.00	6.00	8.00
Choline chloride	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
Dicalcium phosphate	1.04	1.06	1.07	1.11	1.12
Limestone	6.65	6.64	6.64	6.67	6.68
Common salt	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.35
Soybean oil	1.57	1.30	1.00	0.76	0.450
DL-methionine	0.33	0.34	0.38	0.36	0.38
L-lysine HCl	0.09	0.11	0.15	0.15	0.16
Vit. premix Layer¹	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.10
Min. premix Poultry²	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
Antioxidant³	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
Nutritional and energy composition
Met. energy (kcal kg^-1)	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800	2,800
Crude protein (%)	20.388	20.388	20.388	20.667	20.398
Calcium (%)	2.909	2.909	2.909	2.901	2.906
Sodium (%)	0.145	0.145	0.145	0.144	0.144
Lipids (%)	4.158	4.149	4.187	4.150	4.130
Total phosphorus (%)	0.303	0.303	0.303	0.303	0.303
Total gly + ser (%)	1.936	1.908	1.853	1.849	1.827
Total phenyl + tyr (%)	1.746	1.720	1.671	1.696	1.647
Total histidine (%)	0.545	0.536	0.521	0.527	0.511
Total isoleucine (%)	0.888	0.876	0.851	0.867	0.842
Total leucine (%)	1.738	1.706	1.656	1.663	1.615
Total lysine (%)	1.174	1.174	1.174	1.174	1.174
Total met + cys (%)	0.951	0.951	1.371	0.954	0.956
Total methionine (%)	0.620	0.626	0.630	0.637	0.648
Total arginine (%)	1.369	1.352	1.313	1.340	1.302
Total phenylalanine (%)	1.027	1.012	0.983	0.997	0.969
Total threonine (%)	0.797	0.785	0.762	0.771	0.749
Total tryptophan (%)	0.252	0.249	0.242	0.248	0.241
Total valine (%)	0.974	0.960	0.932	0.945	0.918

¹Provides per kg of diet: 1,000 mg folic acid; 1,562 mg pantothenic acid; 100 μg biotin; 3,980 mg niacin; 7,000,000 IU vit. D3; 2,000 mg vit. E; 3,000 μg vit. B12; 4,000 mg vit. B2; 3,000 mg vit. B; 2,100,000 IU vit. D3; 2,000 mg vit. K3; 200 mg selenium; 100,000 mg antioxidant. ²Provides per kg of diet: 70,000 mg zinc (min.); 1,500 mg iodine (min.); 8,500 mg copper (min.); 75,000 mg manganese (min.); 50,000 mg iron (min.); 200 mg cobalt. ³BHT.

Table 2 Production performance of the quail in the laying phase.

Variable	Inclusion of passion fruit waste (%)					P value	SEM	CV (%)
Variable	0.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	8.0	P value	SEM	CV (%)
FI (g quail^-1 day^-1)¹	29.08	27.09	26.42	26.28	25.89*	0.03	0.13	6.54
Egg weight (g)²	11.67	11.76	11.72	11.80	11.16*	0.01	0.06	3.55
Laying rate (%)	91.68	89.61	90.19	89.39	91.28	0.07	1.21	4.27
FC (g dz^-1)	376.43	362.88	364.96	370.25	361.25	0.25	<0.01	11.24
FC (g g^-1)	2.61	2.52	2.55	2.56	2.63	0.21	0.03	8.34
Initial weight (g)	178.35	176.28	174.75	176.76	175.5	0.18	<0.01	2.92
Final weight (g)	186.90	180.70	179.10	183.96	181.58	0.13	<0.01	3.87
Weight gain (g)	8.55	4.42	4.35	7.20	6.08	0.20	<0.01	4.89

FI = feed intake; FC (g dz^-1) = feed conversion per dozen eggs; FC (g dz^-1) = feed conversion per mass of eggs produced; Prob = probability; SEM = standard error of the mean; CV = coefficient of variation; ¹ = linear regression (FI (g quail^-1 day^-1) = ‒35.95 PFW + 28.39, R² = 0.88); ² = quadratic regression (EW (g) = ‒0.0234 PFW² + 0.1386 PFW + 11.625, R² = 0.80); * = significant by Dunnett's test at 5%.

Table 3 Mean values for quality parameters of quail eggs.

Variable	Inclusion of passion fruit waste (%)					Prob.	SEM	CV (%)
Variable	0.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	8.0	Prob.	SEM	CV (%)
Spec. gravity (g cm^-3)	1.071	1.073	1.073	1.072	1.073	0.38	<0.01	0.15
Shell thick. (mm)	0.227	0.226	0.229	0.227	0.226	0.35	<0.01	3.26
Albumen (g)¹	7.15	7.21	7.20	7.29	6.77*	<0.01	0.05	4.28
Yolk (g)¹	3.54	3.57	3.60	3.64	3.45*	0.03	0.02	4.49
Shell (g)¹	0.90	0.90	0.91	0.91	0.87*	0.01	<0.01	3.58

Prob = probability; SEM = standard error of the mean; CV = coefficient of variation; ¹ = quadratic regression; * = significant by Dunnett's test at 5%.

Table 4 Effect of quadratic regression of the levels of passion fruit waste (PFW) on the weights of albumen, yolk, and shell.

Regression equation	R²	Optimal level (%)	Weight (g)
$A l b u m e n = ‒ 0.071799 P F W 2 + 0.358320 P F W + 6.84266$	0.77	2.50	7.29
$Y o l k = ‒ 0.031887 P F W 2 + 0.178654 P F W + 3.377030$	0.70	2.80	3.63
$S h e l l = ‒ 0.007590 P F W 2 + 0.041738 P F W + 0.864536$	0.76	2.75	0.92

A l b u m e n = ‒ 0.071799 P F W 2 + 0.358320 P F W + 6.84266

Y o l k = ‒ 0.031887 P F W 2 + 0.178654 P F W + 3.377030

S h e l l = ‒ 0.007590 P F W 2 + 0.041738 P F W + 0.864536

How to cite

copy

Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá - EDUEM Av. Colombo, 5790, bloco 40, CEP 87020-900 , Tel. (55 44) 3011-4253, Fax (55 44) 3011-1392 - Maringá - PR - Brazil
E-mail: actaanim@uem.br

Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS

Versão para download de PDF

PDF

Inglês

Versões e tradução automática

Versão original do texto

English

Tradução automática

Google Translator
Microsoft Translator

Como citar

RIS

BIBTEX

Outros formatos de citação e exportação:

SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online
Rua Dr. Diogo de Faria, 1087 – 9º andar – Vila Clementino 04037-003 São Paulo/SP - Brasil
E-mail: scielo@scielo.org

Leia a Declaração de Acesso Aberto

Métricas

Passion fruit waste in diets for quail in the laying phase

PlumX

Mensagem

[1] * Author for correspondence. E-mail: adri_zoo@hotmail.com