Production Performance of Namakkal Gold Quail in Western Zone of Tamil Nadu

Dr. S. Vinothraj; Dr.P.Alagesan; Mrs.M.Siva; Mr.R.D.Srinivasan

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Production Performance of Namakkal Gold Quail in Western Zone of Tamil Nadu

Dr. S. Vinothraj, Dr. P. Alagesan, Mrs. M. Siva, Mr. R. D. Srinivasan

Abstract :

This study was conducted to evaluate the production performance of Namakkal Gold Quail in Western Zones of Tamil Nadu. 290 Day old Nammakal Gold Quail chicks were obtained from TANUVAS –Veterinary college and Research Institute, Namakkal and distributed to farmers in different blocks of Erode district. Average hatch weigh of day old chicks were 33.35 ± 0.10 g. Body weight and Feed intake recorded in farmers field at weekly interval upto six weeks of time. The traits studied were body weight, Body weight gain, Feed intake and Feed conversion ratio. The mean values and standard errors of body weight, body weight gain, Average daily Feed intake and Feed conversion ratio of Namakkal Gold Quails were 235.77 ± 1.74 g, 206.04 ± 1.6 g, 33.6 ± 0.17 g and 3.26 ± 0.08g at sixth week of Age. The study was concluded that observed productive performance of Namakkal Golden quails can serve as an alternate source for meeting protein requirement of human population