INFLUENCE OF EFFECTIVE MICROORGANISMS ON PERFORMANCES, BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY, DIGESTIVE ENZYMES, IMMUNITY, ANTIOXIDANT INDICES, INTESTINAL MORPHOMETRIC AND MICROBIAL POPULATION OF GROWING JAPANESE QUAILS

Abstract

: The aim of this research was to investigate the influence of effective microorganisms (EM) on growth performance, microbial count, gut structure and some blood indices of Japanese quail. For a feeding study that lasted 38 days, 240 Japanese quail that were 10 days old were randomly assigned to three treatment groups, each consisted of four replicates of 20 birds. The experimental diets included a basal diet (first group), a basal diet supplemented with 10 and 20 ml EM /kg feed (2nd and 3rd groups, respectively). Quails receiving diets supplemented with 20 ml EM /kg feed exhibited significantly (P ≤ 0.01) best live body weight, body weight gain, growth rate, performance index