Effect of Raw and Roasted Soya bean on the Growth Performance of He-Quails

Abstract

One day old 225 minor he-quails of mixed gender, which were obtained from the he-quails farm of Central Avian Research Institute, Izzatnagar, were kept in brooding batteries in three different groups. These three groups were further divided into three subgroups and 25 minor he-quails were kept in each subgroup. Three food mixtures, i.e. 1.control, 2. food-1 (with raw Soya bean) and food -2 (with roasted Soya bean) were fed to he-quails till the age of five weeks, in all the three groups. Uniform arrangements were made in all the three groups. Those he-quils which

were fed food -2, in which Soya bean (dalia) roasted for 10 minutes at 100° C was mixed, performed significantly higher growth (P< 0.05). Lowest food acceptability was recorded significantly (P< 0.05) for per unit growth in the birds of this group. It may be concluded from the present experiments that possibly due to destruction of harmful nutritive element (tripsin obstruction) was the reason for maximum growth rate and lowest food required. No significant

difference was observed in quality and quantity of flesh on postmortem.