Diferentes fuentes de proteína y energía en la alimentación de la codorniz de postura.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze the different sources of protein and energy in laying quail diets. This work was based on the review of studies available in the institutional repositories of Ecuadorian and foreign universities and scientific journals. Having reviewed prior studies, the sources of protein and energy and the animal response using production parameters were established, and they were analyzed using mean and standard deviation in Microsoft Excel. The sources of protein and energy in the quail diet consisted of alfalfa meal, poultry blood meal, seaweed meal, cooked whole soybean, and red palm oil. According to various studies, the weight of quails at the beginning of the laying phase is 154.48 ± 26.62, and the weight of quails at the end of the laying period is 191.71 ± 28.81 g. Feed consumption, egg-laying phase, egg mass, mortality, egg weight, shell weight, yolk weight, albumin weight, longitudinal diameter of egg, transverse diameter of egg, and shell thickness were 27.07 ± 1.82 g/bird/day, 74.61 ± 8,36 %, 9,02 ± 0.78 g, 2.46 ± 3.93 %, 11.18 ± 0.47 g, 1.15 ± 0.27 g, 3.43 ± 0.17 g, 6.32 ± 0.53 g, 29.73 ± 4.11 mm, 23.87 ± 3.44 mm, and 0.21 ± 0.03 mm, respectively. In conclusion, the best sources of protein were alfarina, poultry blood meal, and seaweed meal. Therefore, it is recommended to use these protein sources during the productive life of the quail and confirm their efficiency in the analyzed production parameters.