By-products of apricot processing in quail feed: Effects on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical quality.

Background And Aim: The rearing of quails can have a stronger attraction for the breeders if we lower the cost prices by introducing by-products in their feed formulas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the partial substitution of soybean meal by apricot kernel cake (AKC) in the diet of quails, applied either sequentially or during all phases of rearing, on their growth performances, carcass characteristics, and meat physicochemical composition.

Materials And Methods: A total of 600 one-day-old quails (), with equal sex ratio and weighing on average 7±0.