@article{article_552673, title={SUPPLEMENTAL PYRIDOXINE HAD NO INFLUENCE ON THE LIVE PERFORMANCE AND, BLOOD PARAMETERS, EXCEPT GLUCOSE, IN QUAILS FED 3 OR 6% CORN OIL}, journal={Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={21}, pages={38–45}, year={2012}, author={Küçük, Osman}, keywords={Pyridoxine, Corn oil, Quail, performance}, abstract={The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of pyridoxine supplementation in an isocaloric diet containing varying level of corn oil on live performance and plasma concentrations of calcium (Ca), phosphorous (P), glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, and total protein in Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix Japanica). One hundred and twenty 10-day-old healthy quails were randomly assigned to 4 treatment groups. The experiment was designed in a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement using two levels of corn oil (3 and 6%) and two levels of pyridoxine (8 and 16 ppm). Except final body weights, live performance parameters were not influenced by either dietary corn oil or supplemental pyridoxine levels. Increasing dietary corn oil decreased final body weights of quails (P=0.012). Feed intake also tended to decrease with increasing dietary corn oil (P=0.06). Plasma P concentrations increased (P=0.02) as the dietary corn oil decreased from 6 to 3%. Plasma cholesterol concentrations decreased with increasing dietary corn oil (P=0.05). Low pyridoxine (8 ppm) supplementation tended to result in the lower plasma glucose concentrations concentrations tented to be lowest when the diet contained both low soybean oil and pyridoxine (P=0.10, interaction). The results of the present work indicate that pyridoxine, independent from the level of corn oil in the diet, does not influence the live performance and, except glucose, blood parameters in quails}, number={1}, publisher={Erciyes University}