The aim of this study was to evaluate the productive behavior of growing quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed with a commercial balanced feed and supplemented with mulberry meal (Morus alba). The experiment was carried out in Trujillo, Venezuela, for six weeks. A completely randomized design was applied with three treatments (diets) and five repetitions per treatment (4 birds per repetition). The diets were: T0: 100% commercially balanced feed (AB); T1: 90% AB + 10% of mulberry meal (HM); T2: 80% AB + 20% HM. The final body weight (FW), daily weight gain (DWG), feed consumption (DI), specific growth rate (SGR), feed conversion (FC), carcass yield (CY), mortality and cost-benefit ratio were determined (CB). The data were processed by analysis of variance using the GLM procedure of the SAS program. The FW and the DWG were higher in T1 and T2 (PF: T0: 139.1 ± 1.9, T1: 147.2 ± 2.0, T2: 1...

El estudio tuvo como objetivo evaluar el comportamiento productivo de codornices de engorde (Coturnix coturnix japonica) alimentadas con alimento balanceado y suplementadas con harina de morera (Morus alba). El experimento se desarrolló en el Estado Trujillo, Venezuela, durante seis semanas. Se aplicó un diseño completamente aleatorizado con tres tratamientos (dietas) y cinco repeticiones por tratamiento (4 aves por repetición). Las dietas fueron: T0: 100% alimento balanceado (AB) comercial; T1: 90% AB + 10% de harina de morera (HM); T2: 80% AB + 20% HM. Se determinó el peso final (PF), ganancia diaria de peso (GDP), consumo de alimento, tasa de crecimiento específica (TCE), conversión alimenticia (CA), rendimiento en canal (RC), mortalidad y relación costo beneficio (CB). Los datos fueron procesados mediante el análisis de varianza usando el procedimiento GLM del programa SAS. ...