Effects of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) powder on laying performance,egg quality,and serum biochemical parameters of Japanese quails

作     者：Nassim Moula Ahmed Sadoudi Leghel Touazi Pascal Leroy Fikremariam Geda 

作者机构：Department of Animal ProductionFundamental and Applied Research for Animal and HealthFaculty of Veterinary MedicineLiege UniversityQuartier Vallee 2Liege B 4000Belgium Ecole Nationale Superieure VeterinaireRue Issad AbbesOued SmarAlgiers 16000Algeria 

出 版 物：《Animal Nutrition》 (动物营养（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第5卷第4期

页      面：410-415页

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学科分类：0905[农学-畜牧学] 09[农学] 

基　　金：Moula Hachemi 

主　　题：Stinging nettle Japanese quail Performance Egg quality Serum parameters 

摘      要：The aim of this experiment was to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of stinging nettle powder(SNP) on laying performance,egg quality,and some selected serum biochemical parameters of *** hundred and forty-four 10-wk-old Japanese quails(initial body weight=199±18 g) were divided into 3 dietary treatment groups(basic diet without SNP [SNPO],SNPO with 3% SNP [SNP3],SNPO with 6% SNP [SNP6]) with 4 replicates of 12 quails for a rearing period of 12 *** 22 wk of age,the final body weights of the SNP3 and SNP6 groups were significantly(P=0.001) reduced compared to that of the SNPO *** feed intake was not statistically different among the *** mean number of eggs laid ranged from 65 to 69 with laying rates from 76.8% to 82.1%.The percentage of cracked eggs was not significantly different among the groups and ranged from 1.6% to 1.9%.The egg weight was similar and the feed conversion ratio was closer among the *** egg yolk cholesterol,serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels in the SNP6 group were significantly reduced(P 0.001) compared to those of the SNPO *** Ca,P and Mg were not significantly influenced by the *** conclusion,the results demonstrated that the supplementation of SNP to the quail diet at the level of 6%reduced quail egg yolk cholesterol,serum total cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels and did not negatively influence quail performance.