Effect of Partial Replacement of Soybean and Corn with DietaryChickpea (Raw Autoclaved or Microwaved) on Production Performance of LayingQuails and Egg Quality

摘要

This study was conducted to investigate whether adding different levels of raw ordifferently processed chickpea into different diets of laying quails affectedlive weight, feed intake, feed efficiency, egg weight and internal and externalegg quality. Chickpea was used as raw, autoclaved or microwave-processed, and itwas involved in the diets on two different levels (20% and 40%).The sample was divided into 7 groups including the control, 20% and40% raw, 20% and 40% autoclaved, and 20% and40% microwave-processed groups. 336 ten-week-old female laying quailswere used in the study, and the experiment continued for 19 weeks. In the study,the differences among the groups were insignificant in terms of live weight,feed intake, feed efficiency, egg weight and egg quality characteristics such asshell thickness, shell weight, yolk weight, yolk color and albumin index. Thedifferences were significant in terms of the shape index, Haugh unit(p<0.05) and yolk index (p<0.01). Consequently, it was observedthat different thermal processes on chickpeas did not usually have a significanteffect on the yield performance of the quails, and the results that wereobtained were similar to the other groups. However, it was determined that someegg quality characteristics were affected by the autoclaving and microwavingprocesses. Between the thermal processes, it may be stated that autoclavingprovided better results.