Abstract
An experiment is conducted to determine the effect of magnetic water on the production performance and blood characteristics of common quail, Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758). The experimental treatments included T1 = control treatment, T2 = drinking water magnetization at1000 gauss, T3 = drinking water magnetization at 1500 gauss, T4 = diet sprayed with magnetized water 1000 gauss, T5 = diet sprayed with magnetized water 1500 gauss, each treatment with three replicates. The results showed significant superiority of control group in the body weight, weight gain and feed intake compared with treated groups. The egg shell thickness of T2 showed a significant decrease compared to other groups. The third treatment showed a significant superiority in red blood cell count compared with T1, T4 and T5, while T5 appeared significant reduction in white blood cell count compared with other treatments. There was significant reduction in blood glucose, total protein, cholesterol, and triglyceride in T4 compared with control.
Highlights
Common quail is a small member in poultry, which has unique features to be a research model and laboratory bird due to its early sexual maturity, intensive egg production and low rearing requirements of space [1, 2]
Lin and Yotvat [7] reported that using magnetic water for drinking in animal husbandry result an increase of milk production and wool in sheep and high weight gain in geese and increase egg production and hatchability in turkey
The current study aims to investigate the effect of using magnetic water result from multiple magnetic fields on some production traits and blood profile of common quail
Summary
Common quail is a small member in poultry, which has unique features to be a research model and laboratory bird due to its early sexual maturity, intensive egg production and low rearing requirements of space [1, 2]. Lin and Yotvat [7] reported that using magnetic water for drinking in animal husbandry result an increase of milk production and wool in sheep and high weight gain in geese and increase egg production and hatchability in turkey. Medical and healthcare studies used the chicken embryos as an animal model to investigate the effect of low frequency electromagnetic fields on the growth and the embryonic development [8]. Blackman et al [13] reported changes in calcium ion efflux across chicks’ brain tissue cell membranes as a response to magnetic fields exposure. The current study aims to investigate the effect of using magnetic water result from multiple magnetic fields on some production traits and blood profile of common quail
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