Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Anjana, Pushpa Lamba, Arun Kumar Jhirwal, SC Goswami and Vivek Saharan

Abstract:
The present study was conducted for 35 days using 180-day old quail chicks randomly distributed in four treatments were as follows: T₁ control group (without any litter treatments), T₂ groups treated with aluminum sulfate, T₃ group treated with sodium bisulfate, and T₄ group treated with aluminum chloride. All the treatment groups were divided into three replicates, namely R₁, R₂, and R₃, with 15 birds in each replicate. Litter characteristics i.e. Litter moisture (%) and Litter pH was determined at a weekly interval for all four treatment groups. Results showed significant effect of different litter amendments on moisture percent (P<0.01). The lowest moisture percent was recorded for the T4 group and the highest for the T1 control group. The litter pH values of the experiment showed a highly significant (P<0.01) effect during all five weeks due to incorporating different litter treatments into the bedding material, highest in the T₁ group, whereas the T₄ group revealed the lowest overall mean pH. It could be concluded that all three litter treatments significantly reduced litter pH and moisture %.