Influence Of Microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris On Meat Productivity Of Quail

Abstract

The scientific paper presents the experimental results of the application microalgae Chlorella vulgaris when growing young quails. The experiment was conducted on two groups of 10-day-old Phoenix quails, which were fed complete feed. The birds of the second group were additionally received dry biomass of the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris with feed daily at a dosage of 4 mg/kg of live weight. The studies have established that in the second group of quails that received the studied additive, the live weight and average daily gains were greater than in the control in males by 2.6% (P≤0.001) and 7.9%, in females by 4.5% (P≤0.01) and 12.7% (P≤0.001), respectively. In the quails of the second group, the slaughter weight increased by 7.8%, the weight of the ungutted carcass by 8.8%, the semi-gutted and gutted carcass by 8.7%, the yield of edible parts by 11.3% and muscles by 13.5% (P≤0.01), the relative and absolute weight of the liver and gizzard. Application dry biomass of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris did not negatively affect the meat quality of the experimental birds.