Heat detoxification of Jatropha cucas meal and its effect on productive and reproductive performance of quail.

ABSTRACT: Jatropha is a large, multipurpose, drought-tolerant plant with many traits and great potential as a biofuel crop. It originates from Central America but is now distributed throughout the tropics, including Africa and Asia. The study determines whether the dietary inclusion of raw Jatropha cucas meal (RJM, 3.5%) had negative impacts on the reproductive and productive performances of male Japanese quail as well as whether these impacts could be mitigated by heating the jatropha meal at 100°C for 24 or 48 h (JH₂₄ or JH₄₈ respectively). One hundred twenty healthy mature male quails at the age of 12 wk were assigned randomly to 4 treatments. Every treatment had 6 replicates, with 5 birds per replicate. The RJM caused a considerable decline in fertility and a high mortality

SUBMITTER: Attia YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature