Table 5. Weekly egg production and egg weight of quails in the control and treatment groups
Groups | Periods (wk) |
10–11 | 12–13 | 14–15 | 16–17 | 18–19 |
Egg production (%) |
C0 | 78.87±3.31 | 78.87±4.87 | 76.69±6.74 | 77.74±6.91 | 73.47±3.71 |
RC20 | 82.14±1.03 | 80.65±2.14 | 81.25±2.86 | 81.90±4.29 | 86.38±3.24 |
RC40 | 70.24±2.43 | 75.59±3.27 | 76.19±4.64 | 74.36±4.22 | 70.46±3.33 |
OC20 | 73.22±4.91 | 80.95±2.97 | 77.68±1.85 | 72.92±1.65 | 71.13±1.29 |
OC40 | 78.27±1.29 | 77.98±3.86 | 75.00±4.09 | 69.05±3.50 | 76.07±5.63 |
MC20 | 69.35±3.10 | 75.89±1.85 | 66.67±4.64 | 71.65±5.85 | 68.71±3.02 |
MC40 | 73.51±3.87 | 81.84±2.97 | 77.38±4.13 | 75.00±10.80 | 79.53±6.39 |
p-values | 0.090 | 0.747 | 0.435 | 0.803 | 0.402 |
| NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Egg weight (g) |
C0 | 13.35±0.25 | 13.24±0.25 | 12.79±0.06 | 12.86±0.26 | 11.83±0.24c |
RC20 | 12.83±0.15 | 13.08±0.09 | 12.75±0.09 | 12.88±0.09 | 12.52±0.16ab |
RC40 | 13.49±0.26 | 13.29±0.17 | 13.18±0.10 | 13.00±0.23 | 12.99±0.14a |
OC20 | 13.35±0.27 | 13.38±0.24 | 13.04±0.27 | 12.86±0.05 | 12.55±0.22ab |
OC40 | 13.24±0.14 | 13.45±0.35 | 13.00±0.29 | 13.16±0.22 | 12.67±0.06ab |
MC20 | 13.26±0.24 | 12.97±0.18 | 12.92±0.20 | 12.77±0.22 | 12.12±0.25bc |
MC40 | 13.47±0.30 | 13.08±0.37 | 12.74±0.34 | 12.63±0.22 | 12.32±0.28abc |
p-values | 0.561 | 0.833 | 0.752 | 0.664 | 0.032 |
| NS | NS | NS | NS | * |
Means with different superscripts in the same column are significantly different.
p<0.05.
C0, control; RC20, raw chickpea 20%; RC40, raw chickpea 40%; OC20, autoclaved chickpea 20%; OC40, autoclaved chickpea 40%; MC20, microwaved chickpea 20%; MC40, microwaved chickpea 40%; NS, not significant.