Effect of adding Lycium barbarum l. extract to drinking water on some productive traits of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)‎

Abstract EN

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of adding Lycium barbarum extract to drinking water on some productive traits of Japanese quail.

A total of 270 one-week-old Japanese quails were used in this study.

The birds were divided into six treatments (45 for each).

Each litre of drinking water (RO) was treated with 400 mg of L.

barbarum extract add from (leaves, fruits, stems, and roots) for T2, T3, T4, and T5 respectively.

400 mg of mixed extract from leaves, stems, fruits and roots of L.

barbarum were added to drinking water (T6).

The control treatment (T1) was free of L.

barbarum drinking water.

The results showed no significant differences in the body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio.

A significant decrease in the age of sexual puberty and sexual maturity for males and females were recorded in the second and third treatments compared to the other treatments.

On the other hand, the results showed no significant differences between the experimental treatments for the weight at sexual puberty and maturity for males and females.

It can be concluded that the leaves and fruits of L.

barbarum extract decreased the sexual puberty age for males and females of Japanese quail.

On the other hand, it has no effect on body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratios.