Results of Growing Quails With the Use of a Feed Product Based on Waste Plant Raw Materials

Abstract

The studies were carried out in the experimental housing room of FSBSI KSCZV on quails of Texas white breed. The purpose of the scientific and economic experience was to study the effectiveness of using a feed additive based on modified beer pellets in mixed feeds for young quail. Feeding of quail chicks was divided into 3 phases - "Start" - from daily to 14-day-old age, "Growth" - from 15 to 28-day-old age, and" Finish» - from 29 to 56-day-old age. The experimental group received an additive in a dosage of 1.5% by weight of complete feed. The research was conducted according to the" Methodology of scientific and industrial research on poultry feeding» (2000). During the experiment live weight, liveweight gain, the safety of poultry, cost of feed was determined. At the end of the experimental period, the economic effectiveness was studied. As a result of studies it was found that the live weight of the birds in the second experimental group significantly increased by 8.6% at 14 days age (p<0.01) and at 28-day age – 6.4% (p<0.01) in 42-day – by 4.7 % (p<0.05), daily gain over the entire period was higher in the experimental group for 4.6 %. The use of the additive did not affect the safety of the bird. Feed costs per 1 kg of growth were lower in the second group by 5.0 %, compared to the control. The cost of 1 kg of live weight gain of quails was less than the control indicator in the experimental group by 2.6 %. Also introduced feed ingredient allowed to get 5.08 rubles of additional profit from 1 head.