¹Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, TR-36100 Kars - TURKEY
²Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafkas University, TR-36100 Kars - TURKEY DOI : 10.9775/kvfd.2020.24542 This experiment was conducted to evaluate the changes on growth performance, carcass and some biochemical parameters of Japanese quail fed supplemental Resveratrol (Res). A total of 200 quails were distributed at equal body weights into four experimental groups, each consisting of five replicate pens having ten birds/replicate pen: 1- basal diet without Res (Control), 2- basal diet + 100 mg/kg Res, 3- basal diet + 200 mg/kg Res, and 4- basal diet + 400 mg/kg Res. There were no significant effects of the supplementation of resveratrol on body weight gain and carcass traits (P>0.05). Inclusion of Res in quail rations improved feed consumption (P<0.05) and feed conversion ratio during the period from 3 to 5 weeks and the throughout (0-5 wks) of the treatment (P<0.05). Malondialdehyde decreased as compared with the control group (P<0.05), but glutathione and nitric oxide did not change by the effect of Res (P>0.05). Glucose, triglyceride, total protein was not influenced by the supplementation of Res (P>0.05). As a result, the findings of this study suggest that Res can be used safely as a growth promoter up to 400 mg/kg in quail rations. Keywords : Antioxidant, Japanese quail, Performance, Polyphenolic compounds, Resveratrol