Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal

The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of Tenebrio molitor (TM) as a replacement for fish meal on egg productive and qualitative traits, serum biochemical parameters, haematology and interferon-ɣ gene expression in laying quails. A total of 250 laying Japanese quails (Coturnix j...

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Main Authors: Zahra Shariat Zadeh, Farshid Kheiri, Mostafa Faghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2020.1722970
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spelling doaj-c6327a99403340c6b6616cbeae0562e22021-06-25T10:30:43ZengTaylor & Francis GroupItalian Journal of Animal Science1594-40771828-051X2020-12-0119127428110.1080/1828051X.2020.17229701722970Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish mealZahra Shariat Zadeh0Farshid Kheiri1Mostafa Faghani2Department of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityDepartment of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityDepartment of Animal Science, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityThe present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of Tenebrio molitor (TM) as a replacement for fish meal on egg productive and qualitative traits, serum biochemical parameters, haematology and interferon-ɣ gene expression in laying quails. A total of 250 laying Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica), at 74 days of age were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments in a completely randomised design during a five-week period. Experimental treatments consisted of a basal diet (CTL) or basal diet supplemented with 25% (7.5 g/kg; TM25), 50% (15 g/kg; TM50), 75% (22.5 g/kg; TM75) and 100% (30 g/kg; TM100) TM larvae meal in replace of fish meal. Total replacement of fish meal with TM larva meal significantly increased daily feed intake (DFI) of laying quails compared to CTL (p < .05) but MT25, MT50 and MT75 decreased DFI in comparison to CTL (p < .05). Feed conversion ratio of quails fed with insect larva meal was not different from those received CTL. Serum cholesterol concentration was lower in quails of M75 and M100 groups than those fed on the other dietary treatments (p < .05). Haematological traits and interferon-ɣ gene expression of quails were not affected by dietary supplemental TM larva meal. It was concluded that dietary inclusion of TM larva meal can be used as replacement for fish meal in diet of laying quails up to 30 g/kg. Dietary supplementation of TM larva meal did not have any adverse effect on health status of laying quails.Highlights Dietary inclusion of TM larva meal can be used as replacement for fish meal in diet of laying quails. Dietary supplementation of TM larva meal did not have any adverse effect on health status of laying quails. Serum cholesterol concentration decreased by dietary supplementation of TM larva meal in laying quails.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2020.1722970laying quailtenebrio molitorblood attributesinterferon-ɣ gene expression
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author Zahra Shariat Zadeh
Farshid Kheiri
Mostafa Faghani
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Farshid Kheiri
Mostafa Faghani
Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
Italian Journal of Animal Science
laying quail
tenebrio molitor
blood attributes
interferon-ɣ gene expression
author_facet Zahra Shariat Zadeh
Farshid Kheiri
Mostafa Faghani
author_sort Zahra Shariat Zadeh
title Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
title_short Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
title_full Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
title_fullStr Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
title_full_unstemmed Productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-Ɣ gene expression of laying Japanese quails fed on Tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
title_sort productive performance, egg-related indices, blood profiles, and interferon-ɣ gene expression of laying japanese quails fed on tenebrio molitor larva meal as a replacement for fish meal
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Italian Journal of Animal Science
issn 1594-4077
1828-051X
publishDate 2020-12-01
description The present experiment was conducted to investigate effects of Tenebrio molitor (TM) as a replacement for fish meal on egg productive and qualitative traits, serum biochemical parameters, haematology and interferon-ɣ gene expression in laying quails. A total of 250 laying Japanese quails (Coturnix japonica), at 74 days of age were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments in a completely randomised design during a five-week period. Experimental treatments consisted of a basal diet (CTL) or basal diet supplemented with 25% (7.5 g/kg; TM25), 50% (15 g/kg; TM50), 75% (22.5 g/kg; TM75) and 100% (30 g/kg; TM100) TM larvae meal in replace of fish meal. Total replacement of fish meal with TM larva meal significantly increased daily feed intake (DFI) of laying quails compared to CTL (p < .05) but MT25, MT50 and MT75 decreased DFI in comparison to CTL (p < .05). Feed conversion ratio of quails fed with insect larva meal was not different from those received CTL. Serum cholesterol concentration was lower in quails of M75 and M100 groups than those fed on the other dietary treatments (p < .05). Haematological traits and interferon-ɣ gene expression of quails were not affected by dietary supplemental TM larva meal. It was concluded that dietary inclusion of TM larva meal can be used as replacement for fish meal in diet of laying quails up to 30 g/kg. Dietary supplementation of TM larva meal did not have any adverse effect on health status of laying quails.Highlights Dietary inclusion of TM larva meal can be used as replacement for fish meal in diet of laying quails. Dietary supplementation of TM larva meal did not have any adverse effect on health status of laying quails. Serum cholesterol concentration decreased by dietary supplementation of TM larva meal in laying quails.
topic laying quail
tenebrio molitor
blood attributes
interferon-ɣ gene expression
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2020.1722970
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