RESEARCH ARTICLES
Effect of dietary energy and lysine levels on cost of production and profit of meat production in "TANUVAS Namakkal gold Japanese quails"
Shibi Thomas, K., Amutha, R., Purushothaman, M. R., Richard Jagatheesan, P. N. and Ezhil Valavan
doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2021.52 (2): 171-174.
Author Details
K. Shibi Thomas: Assistant Professor and Head, VUTRC, TANUVAS, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
R. Amutha: Professor, Department of Poultry Science, VC&RI, TANUVAS, Namakkal - 637 002,Tamil Nadu, India
M. R. Purushothaman: Professor (Retd.), Department of Animal Nutrition, VC&RI, TANUVAS,
Namakkal - 637 002,Tamil Nadu, India
P. N. Richard Jagatheesan: Professor and Head, ILFC, VC&RI, TANUVAS, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Ezhil Valavan: Professor, Poultry Research Station, TANUVAS, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Article History
Received: 09.04.2021 Accepted: 01.05.2021 Published online: 01.06.2021
Corresponding author: K. Shibi Thomas E-mail ID:shibisaran@gmail.com, Mobile No: 9442373323
Citation: Shibi Thomas, K., Amutha, R., Purushothaman, M. R., Richard Jagatheesan, P. N. and Ezhil Valavan, S. 2021. Effect of dietary energy and lysine levels on cost of production and profit of meat production in "TANUVAS Namakkal gold Japanese quails". J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 52(2): 171-174.https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.
Abstract
Two biological trials were conducted to determine the energy and lysine requirements of “TANUVAS Namakkal gold Japanese quail” for production performance. The economic impact of different levels energy and lysine during the chick (0-2 weeks) and grower (3-5 weeks) phases was assessed using seven hundred and twenty straight-run, day-old chicks randomly grouped in nine treatments with four replicates of twenty chicks each. Three levels of energy (2800, 2900 and 3000 kcal/kg) and three levels of lysine (1.2, 1.3 and 1.4%) were tested for chick and grower phase of the first experiment. The net profit per bird (Rs. 8.49) was high in group T1 (low energy and low lysine) and the net profit per kg live weight (Rs. 48.57) was high in T2 (2900 kcal/kg and 1.2%). For the second experiment an energy level of 2700, 2800 and 2900 kcal/kg was fixed for chick and grower mash, lysine level of 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4% was fixed for chick phase and 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3% for grower phase and the crude protein level was fixed as 20.3 and 19.4 per cent for chick and grower mash respectively for the second trial. The net profit per bird (Rs. 7.18) was high in group T6 and the net profit per kg live weight (Rs. 37.62) was high in T6 (2900 kcal/kg and 1.3% lysine during chick phase and 1.2% lysine during the grower phase).
Key Words: Economical efficiency, energy, lysine, net profit, production performance
