Estudio de adaptación de codornices (Coturnix coturnix) en zonas tropicales de Macas, Morona Santiago, mediante suplementación vitamínica.

Abstract

In order to adapt the quails to the tropical zones of the Province of Morona Santiago, a vitamin supplementation was used, which was carried out in a neighborhood adjacent to the ESPOCH. The study was developed under a Completely Randomized Block Design with four treatments and 5 replicates (T0: control, T1: ADE + B complex, T2: ADE and T3 B complex). A total of 140 female and 20 male quails of 40 days of age were randomly distributed in 20 cages; the experiment lasted thirty days. The data obtained were processed with the statistical package Infostat to test the hypothesis with ANOVA and the respective separation of means according to Tukey (p<0.05). The experimental results indicate that the application of multivitamin complexes does not influence the parameters evaluated in quail (Coturnix coturnix), recording a laying of 72.86 to 85.71 % and a maximum mortality of 0.4 units on average. It is concluded that the use of vitamins for the adaptation of quails did not influence significantly, it is advisable to replicate this type of research at other times of the year in the winter months when climatic conditions present greater adversities, and otherwise apply for a longer period of time with different dosages and implement it in birds of different ages in order to better determine the effect of vitamins.