Effects of In-ovo
Administration of L-arginine on the Histo-morphometry of Thigh
Muscles, Meat Characteristics and Growth Performance in Japanese
Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
Zubair Luqman1, Saima Masood2,
Hafiz Muhammad Ali1, Tauseef -ur Rehman3,
Muhammad Altaf4, Nasir Iqbal5, Rana Muhammad
Bilal6, Salahud Din5, Naveed Hussain5 and
Sadaf Aslam5
1Department
of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100-Pakistan; 2Department
of Anatomy & Histology, University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; 3Department of Parasitology,
Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of
Bahawalpur, 63100- Pakistan; 4Department of Veterinary
Surgery and Pet Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal
Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; 5Department of Clinical
Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The
Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100- Pakistan; 6Department
of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The
Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100-Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
drzubairvet@hotmail.com;
zubair.luqman@iub.edu.pk
Abstract
A total of 480 day old embryonated eggs were
equally divided into four groups and treated with
in-ovo inoculation of L-arginine as 1, 2, 3% and compared with
control. Each group contained 120 eggs. G-1st was injected with 1%
arginine solution (1gm/100ml distilled water). G-2nd was injected
with 2% arginine solution (2gm/100ml distilled water). G-3rd was
injected with 3% arginine (3gm/100ml distilled water). G-4th was
control group. Four birds per replicate (n=5) were selected for slaughtering and
collection of samples done for histo-morphometry and meat parameters analysis.
The results of histo-morphometry of thigh muscles have indicated the growth of
muscles. Drip
loss, cooking loss of muscles have indicated the water holding capacity of
tissues while lightness and yellowness of meat expressed the meat quality
characteristics like tenderness, colour and juiciness of meat. Hence, it was concluded that the addition of L-arginine
has significant beneficial effects on the growth performance of birds,
histo-morphometry of thigh muscles and improved the meat quality on injecting 3%
L-arginine compared to 2%, 1% and control groups.
To Cite This Article:
Luqman Z, Masood S, Ali HM, Rehman TU, Altaf M,
Iqbal N, Bilal RM, Din S, Hussain Nand Aslam S, 2021.
Effects of
in-ovo administration of L-arginine on the histo-morphometry of
thigh muscles, meat characteristics and growth performance in Japanese quail.
Pak Vet J, 41(3): 456-458. http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2021.037