The objective of this study was to examine the effect of watery extracts of Wormwood and Coriander powder on some productive performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) at the Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Me

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of watery extracts of Wormwood and Coriander powder on some productive performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) at the Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Tikrit University, Iraq, between December 18, 2023, and January 17, 2024. One-day-old Japanese quail chicks (n=160, weighing 7 grams) were randomly assigned to four treatment groups, with a replication of 10 birds per group. The treatments included:

• T1 (Control Group): Plain drinking water.
• T2: 15 ml of Wormwood powder extract/liter of drinking water.
• T3: 15 ml of Coriander powder extract/liter of drinking water.
• T4: A combination of Wormwood powder extract + Coriander powder extracts of 7.5 ml of Wormwood + 7.5ml of Coriander powder extract/liter of drinking water.

Chickens were kept under typically management conditions and provided with nutritional balanced diet accorded to NRC 1994 guidelines. The parameters of productive evaluation in present study included body weight, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and weight gain. The collected data were tested by used complete randomly design (CRD), and comparatives mean by Duncan multiple range tests in significant levels of P≤0.05.

The results indicated that treatments T3 and T4 led to increase growth, body weight, and feed consumption during 5 and 6 weeks, while no reported significant changes in FCR.

The extracts of Coriander and Wormwood, whether used together or separately, can act as natural growth enhance to improving growth performance in quail production. Present safer and more responsible alternatives to convention antibiotics.