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Indian Journal of Animal Research

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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 48 issue 3 (june 2014) : 281-285

EFFECT OF BIOVET ON PERFORMANCE, EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND HATCHABILITY IN QUAIL BREEDERS

B.K. Swain*, P.K. Naik, E.B. Chakurkar, N.P. Singh
1ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa-403 402, India
Cite article:- Swain* B.K., Naik P.K., Chakurkar E.B., Singh N.P. (2025). EFFECT OF BIOVET ON PERFORMANCE, EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND HATCHABILITY IN QUAIL BREEDERS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 48(3): 281-285. doi: 10.5958/j.0976-0555.48.3.059.

ABSTRACT

The effect of Biovet (combination of prebiotic and  probiotic) on the egg production, egg weight, egg quality characteristics and hatchability was studied in Japanese quail breeders for a period of 8 weeks (7-15 weeks). Control diet was formulated to meet the standard nutrient requirement of breeding quails. Biovet was supplied in drinking water (DW) @ 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 g per litre to 4 groups of breeding quails and each group further replicated to 4 sub-groups with 10 females and 5 males. Egg production, egg weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) (Kg feed/Kg egg mass) were similar for all groups. The egg shell %, shell thickness, fertility and hatchability were significantly (P

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