Carica papaya seed meal in diet can reduce egg quail cholesterol without reduce egg quality

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of papaya seed meal on the quality of quail eggs and to determine the best dose of quail egg quality. Using an experimental method with a completely randomized design (CRD), with 4 treatments and 6 replications, each replication consisted of 7 quails. The treatments were P0 (control feed), P1 (0.3% papaya seed meal in feed), P2 (0.6% papaya seed meal in feed) and P3 (1.2% papaya seed meal in feed). The parameters observed were egg white index, egg yolk index, egg yolk color, shell thickness, and egg cholesterol. The data was analysed by Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results showed that the addition of papaya seed meal in the feed had not a significant effect (p<0,05) on egg white index, on egg yolk index and shell thickness, but decreased egg yolk color. However addition papaya seed meal had significant effect (p<0,05) reduces egg yolk cholesterol. In conclusion, addition of papaya seed meal (Carica papaya L.) up to 1.2% reduce egg yolk cholesterol without effected the quality of quail eggs.