Effect of different levels of cinnamon on performance and some serum parameters of japanese quails

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding different levels of cinnamon powder 1% and 2% on quail performance, carcass traits and serum biochemical attributes.

A total of (126) one week old quail chicks randomly divided into three treatments with two replicates.

Chick received basal ration (21% crude protein and 2800 kcal/kg ME) as a control group.

The ration was supplemented with either 1% (T1) or 2% (T2) cinnamon.

At the ends of experiment (18) birds were randomly chosen for carcass and serum biochemical traits.

Results revealed that cholesterol was significantly (P ≤ 0.01) increased in serum of birds fed ration containing 2% cinnamon (300.16 mg/dl) compared with control (198.5 mg/dl) and 1%cinnamon (240.83 mg/dl).

The treatments have no significant effect on other traits.