Chemical composition of solar dried blood and the ruminal content and its effect on performance of Japanese quails

Abstract

Aim:The aim was to determine the chemical composition of solar dried blood and rumen content (DBRC) and further ascertain the concentration at which DBRC could be included in Japanese quail diets without any adverse effect on its performance.Materials and Methods:Feeding trial on the effect of DBRC on performance of Japanese quails was studied up to 5 weeks. 252 numbers of day old (Nandanam Type III breed) Japanese quails were purchased from Poultry Research Station, Madhavaram and divided into 7 batches (control+ six treatments) each consisting of 36 birds. The DBRC was included at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% in diets as control, treatment-1 (T1), treatment-2 (T2), treatment-3 (T3), treatment-4 (T4), treatment-5 (T5) and treatment-6 (T6) respectively in a completely randomized design to replace soybean meal in Japanese quail feed. The birds were provided with ad-labidum feed and drinking water ad-libitum during the entire experimental period.Results:The crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), ether extract (EE) and ash contents of DBRC were 35.87%, 17.40%, 3.6% and 12.6%, respectively. The amount of essential amino acids and non-essential amino acid content were found to be 12.98 and 4.87 (g/100 g of feed) respectively in DBRC feed. Result showed that all birds fed DBRC diets performed better than the control group. Mortality was unaffected by dietary treatments. There was a significant difference (p<0.01) observed in weight gain in treatment groups compared to the control.Conclusion:Up to 30% DBRC could be incorporated in the diets of Japanese quails without any adverse effects on its performance.

Heat-processed bovine blood–rumen digesta meal and vegetable oil concentrate as partial replacement for soybean meal in broiler finisher diet

“…Up to 18% sun-dried bovine blood-RD meal in the diet did not adversely affect growth performance parameters of broilers grown to 56 days of age (Yitbarek et al 2016). Mishra et al (2015) observed that replacing 30% of dietary soybean meal with sun-dried blood-RD maintained the performance of growing quails. Most studies on the feeding of blood and RD to poultry have employed sun-drying rather than heat processing as used in the present study.…”

“…Rumen digesta (RD, partially digested feed in the rumen) and blood are two important byproducts of ruminant slaughter, which remain underutilised in many parts of the world, posing disposal concerns (Al Mamun et al 2018). RD is an average source of protein but is high in fibre and low in energy (Mishra et al 2015;Bekele et al 2020) and may contain antinutritional factors associated with fodders consumed by the animal (Elfaki and Abdelatti 2016). Blood is a rich protein source high in lysine, methionine and cysteine (Prata and Sgarbieri 2008;Adeniji 2013).…”

The Potential of Animal By-Products in Food Systems: Production, Prospects and Challenges

“…Mishra et al [103] also reported that the inclusion of solar dried blood and the ruminal digesta at varying levels of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% to replace soybean meal in Japanese quail diets resulted in higher weight gains compared to the control group.…”

“…A mixture of blood and rumen content is a good source of feed ingredients in poultry ration, catfish ration, quail ration, lamb ration and cattle ration, which are significant with no adverse effects on animals [96,[99][100][101][102][103]. When a suitable processing method is adopted, it reduces the amount of microorganisms present in the dried rumen digesta and reduces environmental pollution to a minimum level [102,104,105].…”

Exploring the prospects of the fifth quarter in the 21st century

“…In fact, the fifth quarter can serve as palatability enhancers for various pet foods, further supporting product acceptability, humanization, and " premiumization " (Mullen et al., 2017). Furthermore, several authors have reported the use of rumen digesta as feed ingredient for lamb (Osman & Elimam, 2015), rabbit (Dairo et al., 2005), chicken (Adeniji & Balogun, 2001; Yitbarek et al., 2016), goat (Mondal et al., 2013), cattle (Cherdthong et al., 2014), and Japanese quail (Mishra et al., 2015) with no harmful impact on growth performance of the animal.…”