Infl uence of sorgo on the productivity of meat quails

Abstract

One of the trends in meat production is to reduce feed expenditures per unit of live weight gain while simultaneously increasing the growth rate, slaughter yield, muscle yield and reducing the content of internal fat. Reducing the fat content in the carcasses of quails will improve the feed conversion and increase the yield of muscle tissue. One of the ways to reduce the prime-cost of poultry products is the introduction of non-traditional promising feed ingredients. The purpose of the research was to study the use of sorghum grain in feeding quails of meat productivity. The results of the infl uence of complete nutrient-balanced compound feed with the introduction of 10 % sorghum on livestock and economic indicators in the rearing of meat quails have been presented the article. It was found that the live weight of quails in the experimental group increased by 0,46 %, while the average daily feed intake decreased by 4,39 %. Feed expenditures per 1 kg of live weight gain of the experimental group were 5,08 % lower due to better assimilation of feed nutrients. It was found according to the results of physiological (balance) experiment that the digestibility of crude protein increased by 6,92 abs.%, crude fat by 0,73 abs.%, crude fi ber by 0,82 abs.%. It was found when calculating economic indicators that the use of sorghum in compound feed for quails allowed to increase the yield of meat and revenue from its sale by 5,81 %. Despite the increase in the total cost of the feed consumed by the experimental group by 1,43 %, the profi t was received by 58,14 % more. The prime-cost of production of 1 kg of quail meat in the experimental group decreased by 6,20 % compared with the control group.