Table 4.

Effect of dietary M. zeyheri seed meal on empty carcass mass, dressing percent and visceral fat mass of Japanese quail.

Parameter	Dietary treatments				Significance
	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3	Diet 4
Empty carcass (g)	134.63 ± 20.07	131.38 ± 9.98	128.63 ± 12.65	124.71 ± 12.08	ns
Dressing percent (%)	70.05 ± 4.64	68.11 ± 3.48	67.81 ± 3.94	66.95 ± 3.46	ns
Abdominal fat (g)	2.75 ± 1.72d	1.29± 0.74c	1.43 ± 0.59b	0.27 ± 0.14a	***
Abdominal fat (%)	1.39 ± 0.85d	0.66 ± 0.37c	0.75 ± 0.30b	0.15 ± 0.07a	***

ns = not significant, p > 0.05. *** p < 0.0001.

^abcdWithin row means with different superscripts are significantly different at p < 0.05, Diet 1 – 0% inclusion of M. zeyheri seed meal (control), Diet 2 – 12.5% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, Diet 3 – 25% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, Diet 4 – 37.5% M. zeyheri seed meal inclusion on energy basis, n = 8 for diets 1 to 3 and 7 for diet 4, Data presented as mean ± standard deviation.