PERFORMANCE AND LIPID PROFILE OF EUROPEAN QUAIL MEAT WITH ENRICHED ROOTS WITH CANOLA AND COCONUT OIL
Coturnix coturnix coturnix, coconut oil, canola oil, lipid profile
Brazilian coturniculture is increasingly prominent in the aspects of breeding and nutrition, moving from a family activity to a commercial scale activity. This increased interest in coturniculture is perceived due to the growth of academic studies on genetic improvement, nutrition, management, equipment aimed at this type of farming, associated with technical visits, giving the producer precise information for the best management to be employed, developing Thus, the whole productive chain. In this way, research suggests that the addition of vegetable oil to the rations can improve the performance and the quality of the meat, since the availability of fatty acids favors the production of products with a differentiated nutritional profile mainly in relation to the profile of the fatty acids. Essential fatty acids are not synthesized by the animal body, but are essential to their health, however they must be provided via diet, these are represented by the fatty acids of families omega-3 (α-linolenic acid) and omega-6 (linoleic acid ), The latter acting on the enzymatic functions, fluidity and receptors of the cell membranes of the animals. To consolidate this hypothesis, the objective was to evaluate the use of canola oil and coconut oil in European quail feeding on the performance and lipid profile and its economic viability. A total of 192 European mixed quails (Coturnix coturnix coturnix) with 8 days of age distributed in a completely randomized experimental design were used in the Poultry Sector of the Specialized Academic Unit in Agricultural Sciences / EAJ / UFRN, Macaíba - RN. Four treatments and six replicates with eight birds each. The treatments consisted of four rations with added vegetable oils, being 1% (diet 1) and 2% (diet 2) canola oil, 1% (diet 3) and 2% (diet 4) coconut oil. Quails received isocaloric and isoprotein feeds. The weight gain (g / bird), weight gain (g / bird), feed intake (g / bird) and feed conversion (g / g-1), yield and composition of fatty acids In the meat of quails, besides the economic viability of the use of canola and coconut oil in the rations by means of the relative gross margin of the diets. There was no significant effect on live weight, feed intake, weight gain and feed conversion. In relation to yield, there was an effect on the weight of the fasting bird and the weight of the liver. Effective operating cost and gross revenue presented a significant effect.