Effect of various levels of garlic (Allium sativum L.) powder in feed on growth performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Abstract

A biological experiment was conducted by using 300 day old Japanese quail chicks randomly grouped into 4 treatments with 3 replicates of 25 chicks each. Garlic powder was incorporated at 0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 per cent level in the basal diet of Japanese quail and fed for a period of 6 weeks to assess the growth performance. There was no significant difference in initial body weights upto fourth week between control and garlic powder supplemented groups. Quails fed with garlic powder supplemented diets exhibited significantly (P