Desempenho produtivo de codornas européias (Coturnix coturnix) recebendo níveis crescentes de farelo de palma forrageira (c) na ração.

Abstract

Productive performance of European quail (Coturnix coturnix) receiving increasing levels of forage cactus meal (c) in the diet. This study aimed to provide the producer the semi-arid possibilities of increasing their profits through the partial replacement of corn by forage cactus meal, feeding the birds and determine the productive performance. 160 European quails were used mixed with 23 days of age were assigned in groups of 10 birds per pen and subjected to four levels of inclusion of cactus meal (0, 5, 10 and 15%) in the diet, with four replications in a completely randomized design (CRD), totaling 16 experimental plots. The variables studied were feed intake (FI), weight gain (WG) and feed conversion (FC). By the results it appears that significant differences (P <0.05) for GPC and CAC, recommending the use of 10% of cactus meal instead of corn in the stage 23 to 35 days old, and in the final stage, 36 to 45 days of age there is a significant difference (P <0.05) for GPF and CAF, recommending the use of feed that contained no forage cactus meal. After economic analysis is recommended not to use of the meal in diets for quail in the studied phases.