Oxya hyla hyla (Orthoptera: Acrididae) as an Alternative Protein Source for Japanese Quail
Table 5
Effect of experimental feed on body weight gain, food consumption, and growth indices of female quail on the basis of single individual.
Parameters
Diets
Pooled SEM
GM1
GM2
GM3
FM1
FM2
FM3
SM1
SM2
SM3
R
Initial weight (g)
24.50a
24.70a
24.70a
24.30a
24.20a
24.20a
24.50a
24.40a
24.50a
24.30a
0.363
Weight gain (g/bird/day)
3.74c
5.01g
4.11e
3.60c
3.91d
4.40f
2.99b
3.42c
2.71a
3.23c
0.008
Feed intake (g/bird/day)
15.14b
14.86b
15.34b
15.55b
16.20c
16.64d
13.98a
14.54b
13.85a
14.72b
0.013
FCRa
4.05c
2.97a
3.74b
4.32c
4.14c
3.78b
4.68d
4.25c
5.11e
4.56d
0.015
PERb
1.07c
1.46e
1.16d
1.00c
1.05c
1.15d
0.93b
1.02c
0.85a
0.95b
0.001
N retention (g/bird/day)
1.89c
2.08d
1.99c
1.85c
1.96c
2.07d
1.60a
1.75b
1.49a
1.71b
0.003
Mean ± SD; . Within a row, a, b, c, d, e, f and g indicate significant differences between mean values. (One-way ANOVA; DMRT; ).
aFeed conversion ratio.
bProtein efficiency ratio.
