EFFECT OF GRADED LEVELS OF FERMENTED MANGO (Mangifera spp) KERNEL COMPOSITE MEAL ON THE SEROLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF LAYING JAPANESE QUAILS (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
Yerima Shettima Kolo; Abang Favour Bette & Attah Sunny
Department of Animal Production
Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted using one hundred and nine five (195) unsexed laying Japanese quails of about two weeks old to investigate the effect of graded levels of fermented mango kernel composite meal (FMKCM) on the health status of quails. The results for serum biochemical composition showed that serum sodium (Na+), serum chloride (Cl–), serum bicarbonate (HCO3–), serum creatinine; ALT, AST and Total Bilirubin were within normal reference ranges. However serum potassium rose slightly above the normal references range. It is concluded that FMKCM could replace maize up to 25% without any nutritional disorder, as the parameter that was not within the normal reference range did not follow a regular pattern and these observation were applicable to the control experiment as well, revealing that diets would not have accounted for these irregularities.
Keywords: fermented mango kernel, maize, Japanese quail, serological indices
