Effects of the dietary supplementation of chromium and vitamin C on egg quality traits in heat-stressed Japanese quails (Coturnix cot. japonica)

• DOI: 10.1399/eps.2015.113
• Publication Date: 2021-04-01T16:12:21Z
• Authors: Najmeh Karimi; Y. Jafari Ahangari; S. Zerehdaran; A. Akhlaghi; S.R. Hashemi; Nasim Ahmadi Adabi
• Keywords: Coturnix coturnix

Summary A study was conducted to determine whether dietary chromium (1200Â μg Cr/kg diet) and vitamin C (300Â mg/kg) attenuate the adverse effects of heat stress on external internal egg quality traits in Japanese quails. total 160 female 64 male quails were randomly assigned 4 treatment groups (4 replicates with 14 birds each; 10 females males) a completely randomized design 2 × factorial arrangement. Dietary treatments were: 1) basal diet (control; NRC recommendation), 2) supplemented 1200Â (Cr), 3) 300Â mg VC/kg (VC), 4) Cr plus (Cr-VC). After 2-week adaptation diets, exposed 36°C for 6Â h/day (from am pm) 5-wk-long period.