The effect of dietary acetylsalicylic acid on the performance of growth-fattening quails maintained under relatively high temperatures changed in a 24 hours cycle
1990
Florou-Paneri, P. | Spais, V.A. (Aristotelion Univ., Thessaloniki (Greece). School of Veterinary Medicine)
An experiment was conducted with 120 quails, during their growth-fattening period (1 to 42 days), to study the effect of dietary Acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin) on their performance. The quails were randomly divided in 4 groups (A, B, C and D) of 30 birds each and every group was subdivided in 2 of equal number replicates. The birds of group A (controls) were fed a standard growth-fattening basal diet, while those of groups B, C and D were fed the same basal diet supplemented with 125 ppm, 250 ppm and 500 ppm of Acetylsalicylic acid, respectively. The quails were raised on a litter floor under a constant temperature of 30 deg C for the first 12 days of their life, but for the following days on a battery under a temperature of 23 deg C during the night and 29 deg C during the day. The results taken indicated that the addition of Acetylsalicylic acid in the diet of growthfattening quails in the proportions of 125 ppm, 250 ppm and 500 ppm does not influence, positively or negatively, the growth, feed conversion ratio and mortality, as such as carcass' content in moisture, protein, fat and ash.
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