Evaluation of three levels of corn DDGS (Corn Distillery Grains Desiccated with Soluble 7%, 14% 21%) in growth diets, raise Coturnix Japanic

Abstract

The effect of including three levels of DDGS (Soluble Dried Corn Distillery Grains, 7%, 14%, 21%) was investigated. When analyzing the biological behavior of the different productive indicators, When comparing with the initial weight at the age of one day with an average weight of 7.14 g. quail weight gain up to 21 days (growth) was determined; when applying DDGS they do not differ statistically, the birds that received 21% of DDGS weighed on average 60.68 g, although it does not differ significantly from the rest of the treatments, the daily food consumption at this stage shows us that the quail that received 14% in their diet DDGS consumed 2.55 kg of food that statistically differ (P <0.01) from the other levels; the most efficient birds were supplied with 7% DDGS because it reported a feed conversion of 4.33. In the raising period, the most efficient birds were those that received 0% and 7% of the DDGS diet, therefore they had greater weight and weight gain of 144.29 and 142.46 g. The most efficient conversions were obtained by applying 0 and 7% of DDGS, since to gain 1 g of weight they ingest 3.68 and 3.67 g of food, the performance to the carcass of the birds that received 21% of DDGS allowed yields of 62.09% that statistically differs the treatment to which it is applied 7% of DDGS the same that reached 60.00% of performance to the channel and a better European efficiency index. The best performance for the carcass was obtained with 21% DDGS (62.09).