EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION HERBAL METHIONINE AS SUBSTITUTE SYNTHETIC METHIONINE(DL) ON SOME OF BIOCHEMICAL TRAIITS FOR JAPANESE QUAIL BLOOD SERUM

Abstract

This study was conducted at Babylon Reserve, located at AL-Mussaib city–Babylon Governorate, during 18/3/2016 to 18/7/2016 to determine the effect ofsupplemented Herbal methionine and compare with DL-methionine on somebiochemical traits for Japanese quail blood. A total 240 females quail at age 8week, of randomly divided to eight dietary treatments, three replicate pertreatment, (10 females per replicate). The birds were fed during 16 week on basicdiet and then the added herbal and dl-methionine. The treatment were asfollows: T1: Control treatment (without supplementation of syntheticmethionine). T2: Diet supplemented with 0.25 g dl- methionine /kg diet. T3: Dietsupplemented with 0.5 g dl-methionine /kg diet. T4: Diet supplemented with0.75g dl-methionine /kg diet. T5: Control treatment (without supplementation ofherbal methionine). T6: Diet supplemented with 0.25 g herbal methionine /kgdiet. T7: Diet supplemented with 0.50g herbal methionine/kg diet. T8: Dietsupplemented with 0.75g herbal methionine /kg diet. The results showed asignificant improvement (p<0.05) in the concentrations for both glucose andprotein in blood serum when interfere source of herbal methionine withconcentration of 0.5 g/kg diet, while no significant effects for supplemented ofmethionine (Synthetic and herbal) in Uric acid, Cholesterol and enzymaticactivity AST and ALT in Blood serum in for Japanese Quail duringexperimental period.