B.I. Okon  , M.B. Obi  , A.A. Ayuk  , 
    Performance of Quails (<I>Coturnix coturnix Japonica</I>) Fed Graded Levels of Boiled
Sun-Dried Taro Cocoyam (<I>Colocasia esculenta</I>) as a Replacement for Maize,
    Agricultural Journal,
    Volume 2,Issue 6,
    2007,
    Pages 654-657,
    ISSN 1816-9155,
    aj.2007.654.657,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2007.654.657)
    Abstract: One hundred Japanese quails (<I>Coturnix coturnix japonica</I>) were randomly alloted to five dietary treatments. In each of the five diets, sun-dried taro cocoyam cormels (<I>Colocasia esculenta</I>) was used to replace maize at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% respectively. The quails were fed 1 of the 5 experimental diets over a period of 49 days (7 weeks). Feed intake was measured daily and the quails weighed once weekly. Quails on the 0% (control) diet had significantly (p< 0.05) higher values in body weight and feed consumption compared to other treatments. In terms of weight gain, quails on 0% diet were not significantly (p>0.05) different from those on 25 and 50% diets. There were no significant (p>0.05) differences in the feed conversion ratio and feed efficiency of all the treatments. The results indicated that, boiled sun-dried taro cocoyam cormels meal could replace maize favourably at 25 and 50% levels in Japanese quails diets at 5% level of significance.
    Keywords: Japanese quails;taro cocoyam cormels;maize;body weight;feed consumption;feed efficiency