RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Growth performance
The results for performance of Japanese quail are presented
in Table 3. No significant differences were noted between
treatments for quail ADG, FE and DFI at 10 to 24 d and 24
to 42 d. Moreover, no significant differences were observed
in quail performance parameters from 10 to 42 d of age.
However, ADG and FE in diets containing SM (especially
at inclusion levels of 150 g/kg) were improved numerically,
compared with control diet. There were linear trend in
ADG and FE by increasing level of SM, but poor linear or
quadratic regression was observed between DFI and dietary
SM concentration. In addition, in contrast comparison for
performance, there was no significant difference in comparison of diets containing SM vs. control diet for ADG, FE
and DFI (Table 3). This result can be attributed to the similar energy, protein and amino acid contents in the diets of
all treatments (Table 2). Moreover, similar performance of
quails fed diets containing SM compared to control diet,
showed that the SM sample that used in this study might be
lower in phytates or oxalates. Additionally, all experimental