Sohrab Azarfar; Ali Nobakht; Yousef Mehmannavaz
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of thyme (Thymusvulgaris L.) medicinal plant and multi enzyme (Kemine) on performance and blood biochemicalparameters of Japanese quails with 240 laying bird (6 up to 12 weeks) as a 2*2 factorial include twolevels of thyme ...
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This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of using different levels of thyme (Thymusvulgaris L.) medicinal plant and multi enzyme (Kemine) on performance and blood biochemicalparameters of Japanese quails with 240 laying bird (6 up to 12 weeks) as a 2*2 factorial include twolevels of thyme (0 and 0.75 percent) and 2 levels of Kemine enzyme (0 and 0.05 percent) in fourtreatments, 4 replicates and 15 laying quails in each replicate in a completely randomized design.Interaction between thyme and enzyme did not have any significant effects on egg productionperformance. Whereas egg weight in birds who consume thyme, was high (P<0.05) and amounts of blooduric acid and eggshell thickness in birds who received enzyme and thyme in diets, increased (P<0.05).The overall results indicated that using enzyme and thyme in Japanese quails diets can be have positiveeffects on egg weight and eggshell thickness.