Articles | Volume 67, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-571-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-67-571-2024
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12 Dec 2024
Original study |  | 12 Dec 2024

Effect of ginger-based zingibain enzyme on growth and intestinal health in Japanese quails

Asad Sultan, Tariq Aziz, Ziaul Islam, Muhammad Shahkar Uzair, Ibrahim Abdullah Alhindary, Rifat Ullah Khan, and Ruchi Tiwari

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A total of 400 day-old quails were assigned to four treatments: control, 0 %, 0 .01 %, and 0.02 % ginger phyto-protease. Over 42 d, significant improvements in feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, dressing percentage, villus height and width, and nutrient digestibility were observed, especially at 0.02 % enzyme inclusion. This suggests that 0.02 % ginger phyto-protease optimizes quail performance. 
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