Table 2.

Productive performance of Japanese quail as affected by dietary treatments during the experiment.

Items	Soybean oil	Corn oil	Peanut oil	Flaxseed oil	Olive oil	Sunflower oil	P-value
Egg number/bird
8–12 wk	23.39 ± 0.46a	22.78 ± 0.24a	23.33 ± 0.40a	21.50 ± 0.28b	23.83 ± 0.27a	23.00 ± 0.21a	0.004
12–16 wk	22.78 ± 0.53b,c	24.13 ± 0.36a	21.98 ± 0.06c,d	21.62 ± 0.23d	23.08 ± 0.05b	22.22 ± 0.30b,c,d	0.001
8–16 wk	23.09 ± 0.41a,b	23.46 ± 0.13a	22.66 ± 0.23b	21.56 ± 0.10c	23.46 ± 0.12a	22.61 ± 0.16b	<0.001
Egg weight (g)
8–12 wk	14.02 ± 0.09a	13.42 ± 0.12b	14.06 ± 0.14a	13.51 ± 0.12b	13.29 ± 0.23b	13.37 ± 0.03b	0.0043
12–16 wk	13.79 ± 0.26a,b	13.43 ± 0.09b,c	14.07 ± 0.09a	13.53 ± 0.16b,c	13.30 ± 0.08b,c	13.18 ± 0.18c	0.0156
8–16 wk	13.91 ± 0.17a	13.42 ± 0.05b	14.06 ± 0.12a	13.52 ± 0.02b	13.29 ± 0.15b	13.28 ± 0.10b	0.0014
Egg mass (g/bird)
8–12 wk	327.89 ± 6.75a	305.69 ± 2.28b,c	328.04 ± 8.96a	290.44 ± 3.84c	316.63 ± 4.00a,b	307.58 ± 2.59b	0.0021
12–16 wk	313.85 ± 1.58b	324.06 ± 4.24a	309.24 ± 2.75b	292.36 ± 1.06c	306.88 ± 2.42b	292.85 ± 1.50c	<0.0001
8–16 wk	320.87 ± 3.86a	314.91 ± 2.14a	318.63 ± 5.81a	291.44 ± 1.43b	311.78 ± 3.10a	300.20 ± 0.63b	0.0002
Feed intake (g/bird)
8–12 wk	858.52 ± 4.35d	862.96 ± 5.63d	891.48 ± 6.80c	938.89 ± 2.63b	956.85 ± 5.43a	870.74 ± 3.03d	<0.0001
12–16 wk	854.44 ± 3.40d	918.89 ± 4.25b	946.67 ± 2.25a	874.44 ± 4.67c	852.55 ± 4.05d	919.26 ± 3.03b	<0.0001
8–16 wk	856.48 ± 2.15d	890.93 ± 0.89c	919.07 ± 2.29a	906.67 ± 1.06b	904.70 ± 1.38b	895.00 ± 1.29c	<0.0001
Feed conversion ratio (g feed/g egg)
8–12 wk	2.62 ± 0.07d	2.82 ± 0.02c	2.72 ± 0.05c,d	3.24 ± 0.04a	3.02 ± 0.05b	2.83 ± 0.02c	<0.0001
12–16 wk	2.72 ± 0.00d	2.84 ± 0.05c	3.06 ± 0.03a,b	2.99 ± 0.01b	2.78 ± 0.01c,d	3.14 ± 0.02a	<0.0001
8–16 wk	2.67 ± 0.03d	2.83 ± 0.02c	2.88 ± 0.05c	3.11 ± 0.02a	2.90 ± 0.03b,c	2.98 ± 0.01b	<0.0001

Means in the same row with no superscript letters after them or with a common superscript letter following them are not significantly different (P < 0.05).