Effect of diets containing earthworm powder and vermihumus on egg production, hatchability, blood parameters and immunity of Japanese breeder quails

The present study is aimed to evaluate the effects of different levels of earthworm (EW) powder and vermihumus (VH) on the growth performance, humoral immunity response, plasma constituents and reproductive performance of Japanese breeder quails. A total of 336 birds were assigned to seven treatment...

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Published in:Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition 2021-03, Vol.105 (2), p.316-325
Main Authors: Hesami, Yaser, Esmaielzadeh, Ladan, Karimi‐Torshizi, Mohammad Amir, Seidavi, Alireza, Vlčková, Radoslava
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
antibody
Birds
Body weight
Diet
earthworm powder
Egg production
Eggs
Erythrocytes
feed intake
Hatchability
Humoral immunity
Immunity
Influenza
Mortality
Newcastle disease
Powder
quail
Reproduction
Sheep red blood cells
vermihumus
Viruses
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Summary:The present study is aimed to evaluate the effects of different levels of earthworm (EW) powder and vermihumus (VH) on the growth performance, humoral immunity response, plasma constituents and reproductive performance of Japanese breeder quails. A total of 336 birds were assigned to seven treatments in a completely randomized design from day 30 to 90 of age. The dietary treatments were carried out, one without any addition of EW and VH, the second had a standard rate of VH at 0.8%, while a range of EW additions was supplied from 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2% and 2.5%. The effects of treatments on body weight and mortality were not significant (p > .05). The highest feed intake was observed in birds fed the diets supplemented with 1% and 1.5% EW (p 
ISSN:0931-2439
1439-0396
DOI:10.1111/jpn.13453