Choline and digestible methionine + cystine supplementation for quail in the laying phase

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2020v41n1p305

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Amino acid, Egg, Nutritional requirement, Performance.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of levels of choline and digestible methionine + cystine in diets for quail in the laying phase. A total of 280 Japanese laying quail were assigned to one of eight treatments in a completely randomized design in a 4 × 2 factorial arrangement consisting of dietary supplementation with four levels of choline (0.0, 0.042, 0.084 and 0.126%) and two levels of digestible methionine + cystine (0.857 and 0.685%), with five replicates and seven birds per plot. The experimental period was 84 days, represented by four 21-day evaluation cycles in which quail performance and egg quality were evaluated. There was no interaction effect between the factors for any of the studied variables, except quail weight. The highest tested levels of methionine + cystine and choline supplementation improved egg weight, feed conversion egg mass?1 and yolk percentage. By contrast, albumen percentage decreased linearly as choline inclusion in the diet was elevated. The choline supplementation levels induced a quadratic response from eggshell percentage, whose optimum result was estimated at the choline level of 0.05% in the diet. Egg specific gravity decreased linearly as choline supplementation was increased. The indicated level of digestible methionine + cystine in the diet of Japanese quail in the laying phase is 0.857%, while choline should be supplemented at 0.126%.

Author Biographies

Dirceu Neutzling Griep Júnior, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Discente de Mestrado, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, UFS, São Cristovão, SE, Brasil.

Adriana Aparecida Pereira, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Profa., Universidade Federal Alagoas, UFAL, Campus Arapiraca, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil.

Gregório Murilo Oliveira Oliveira Júnior, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Prof., UFS, São Cristovão, SE, Brasil.

Vitor Visintin Silva de Almeida, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Prof., UFAL, Campus Arapiraca, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil.

Edlaine Ferreira da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Discente de Graduação, UFAL, Campus Arapiraca, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil.

Wilson Araújo da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Discente de Mestrado, UFAL, Rio Largo, AL, Brasil.

Rosineide Silva de Alcântara, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Discente de Mestrado, UFAL, Rio Largo, AL, Brasil.

Wanderson Alves da Silva, Universidade Federal de Alagoas

Técnico, UFAL, Campus Arapiraca, Arapiraca, AL, Brasil.

Gilmar Silva Cardoso Júnior, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Discente de Mestrado, UFS, São Cristovão, SE, Brasil.

Clístenes Gomes de Oliveira, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Discente de Mestrado, UFS, São Cristovão, SE, Brasil.

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2020-01-10

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Griep Júnior, D. N., Pereira, A. A., Oliveira Júnior, G. M. O., Almeida, V. V. S. de, Silva, E. F. da, Silva, W. A. da, … Oliveira, C. G. de. (2020). Choline and digestible methionine + cystine supplementation for quail in the laying phase. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 41(1), 305–312. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2020v41n1p305

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