Effect of Using Sun-Dried Sesbania sesban Leaves in Concentrate on Growth Rate of Quail

Abstract

This paper dealt with the experiment on “Using sun-dried Sesbania sesban leaves with petioles in concentrated feed on growth rate of quail”. It took 42 days to completely undertake the trial to evaluate a) quail’s growth rate (daily live body weight gain and weekly live body weight), b) feed intake (FI), c) feed conversion ratio (FCR), and d) economic efficiency (EE). S. sesban leaves mixed petioles being completely sun-dried and finely ground contains 27.62% crude protein, 19.28% crude fiber in 89.13% dry matter basic. The foliage meal with different level of 0%, 5%, 10%, and 15% was concentrated with a basic diet of maize, dried fish, rice bran and soybean (T0, T1, T2, and T3). Two hundred forty 5-day-old quails were used and then fed with each treatment diet consisting of 27% and alternatively 24% crude protein for the first and the second stages, respectively. Total expense, income, daily feed intake, and weekly body weight were recorded. The result indicated that there were differences (P<0.05) of the daily body live weight gain (T0 = 3.94 g, T1 = 3.89 g, T2 = 3.64 g, and T3 = 3.31 g); of the finishing live body weight of quails between all treatments (T0 = 187.2 g, T1 = 184.8 g, T2 = 174.0g and T3 = 160.8 g); and of FCR (T0 = 2.69, T1 = 2.72, T2 = 2.92, and T3 = 3.24). However, there were no significances of FI in which each treatment quail took in 11-12 grams of the feed per day, and of EE in which all treatment diets provided profit around 10-13 cents as expense on the quail product was one dollar. In sum, the inclusion of S. sesban foliage meal to a maximum of 5% is recommended for quail rising.