Effect of Protein Level in Diet and Duration of Lighting on Slaughter Weight, Carcass and Non Carcass Percentage of Male Quail

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of protein level in diet and duration of lighting on slaughter weight, carcass and non-carcass percentage of male quail. The materials used were 275 male quails at 4 weeks old with mean body weight 80 ± 0.07 gram (CV=9.00). The research used group randomized split-plot design of main plot with additional lighting C0 12 hours (06.00 pm – 06.00 am), C1 6 hours (06.00 pm – 00.00 am) and C2 4 hours (06.00 pm – 10.00 pm) whereas subplot with protein levels in diet P1 were (P1 18%, P2 20% and P3 22%). Each group was repeated 3 times and each plot has 10 birds. The variables measured were slaughter weight, carcass and non-carcass percentage of male quails. The result showed that protein level significantly affected (P<0.05) non-carcass percentage, but has no effect on slaughter weight and carcass percentage while lighting significantly affected (P<0.05) carcass percentage but has no effect on slaughter weight and non-carcass percentage.

Keywords

• lighting
• level protei
• male quail
• slaughter weight
• carcass percentage
• non carcass percentage