Effect of Interaction Between Dietary Two Levels of Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) and Ginger (Zingiber officinale) on Japanese Quail performance

The study was conducted to determine the effect of of cumin (Cuminum cyminum) andginger (Zingiber officinale) powder on performance in Japanese quails. 630 bird (7 birds foreach treatment) nine weeks of age were used. Experiment was continued for 12 weeksdivided to six periods and the birds distributed randomly on nine combinations of cumin andginger, three levels of each plant powder namely, 0, 0.5 and 1%. T1 (Control) contain theslandered diet (0% of cumin and 0% of ginger), T2: (0% of cumin and 0.5% of ginger), T3:(0% of cumin and 1% of ginger), T4: (0.5% of cumin and 0% of ginger), T5: (0.5% of cuminand 0.5% of ginger), T6: (0.5% of cumin and 1% of ginger), T7: (1% of cumin and 0% ofginger), T8: (1% of cumin and 0.5% of ginger),T9: (1% of cumin and 1% of ginger. Results showed a significant effect (P˂0.05) of cumin and ginger powder on eggproduction in all periods and a significant effect on egg weight in the 3rd and 4th periods.Results showed a significant effect (P˂0.05) of cumin and ginger additives to the diets onbody weight in the 4th, 5th and 6th periods. A significant improvement (P˂0.05) was observedin feed conversion ratio for the addition of cumin and ginger, while feed consumption wasnot affected. From the results of this experiment, we can conclude that the addition of these medicalplants enhanced the productive traits and body weight in Japanese quail through the differentperiod of rearing.