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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Rela??es metionina + cistina: lisina digest?veis para codornas de corte / Relations of methionine plus cystine: digestibles lysine for meat quails

Castro, Mariana Resende de 09 September 2014 (has links)
Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2016-01-12T18:46:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) mariana_resende_castro.pdf: 795870 bytes, checksum: e00feebf3320e268af70b9a9f164f00a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2016-01-12T18:46:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) mariana_resende_castro.pdf: 795870 bytes, checksum: e00feebf3320e268af70b9a9f164f00a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-12T18:46:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 22974 bytes, checksum: 99c771d9f0b9c46790009b9874d49253 (MD5) mariana_resende_castro.pdf: 795870 bytes, checksum: e00feebf3320e268af70b9a9f164f00a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Foram desenvolvidos sete experimentos para determinar as rela??es metionina + cistina (M+C): lisina (Lis) digest?veis em ra??es de codornas de corte (Coturnix coturnix). Para os per?odos de crescimento (um a sete, oito a 14 e 15 a 21 dias de idade) as codornas foram criadas em lotes mistos, e receberam ra??o basal, contendo 0,76 g metionina + cistina digest?vel, suplementada com cinco n?veis de DL-Metionina, o que correspondeu ?s rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis de 0,61; 0,66; 0,71; 0,76 e 0,81. Para os per?odos de termina??o (22 a 28 e 29 a 35 dias de idade), aves foram criadas em lotes sexados, e receberam ra??o basal, contendo 0,63 g metionina + cistina digest?vel, suplementada com cinco n?veis de DL-Metionina, o que correspondeu ?s rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis de 0,68; 0,73; 0,78; 0,83 e 0,88. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, com cinco tratamentos e oito repeti??es. Nos per?odos de um a sete e oito a 14 dias de idade observou-se efeito das rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis para todas as vari?veis de desempenho, exceto para viabilidade das aves. Durante o per?odo de 15 a 21 dias, as crescentes rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis influenciaram todas as vari?veis, exceto a uniformidade e viabilidade das codornas. N?o houve efeito das rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis no per?odo de 22 a 28 dias, para as codornas machos, entretanto, para as f?meas observou-se efeito para consumo de ra??o e ganho em peso. No per?odo de 29 a 35 dias para os machos, observou-se efeito para o consumo de ra??o, consumo de metionina + cistina, ganho em peso, extrato et?reo da carca?a, rendimento de coxa+sobrecoxa, prote?na bruta da carca?a e balan?o de nitrog?nio. No entanto, para as codornas f?meas de 29 a 35 dias de idade, n?o observou-se efeito para nenhuma das vari?veis estudadas frente ?s rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis. As rela??es M+C: Lis digest?veis que otimizaram o ganho em peso foram de 0,81; 0,75 e 0,77 para os per?odos de um a sete, oito a 14 e 15 a 21 dias de idade, respectivamente, para codornas de ambos os sexos. Durante os per?odos de 22 a 28 e 29 a 35 dias de idade das codornas f?meas recomendam-se as rela??es de 0,79 e 0,68, respectivamente, e para as codornas machos, recomendam-se as rela??es de 0,68 e 0,88 M+C: Lis digest?veis. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2014. / ABSTRACT Seven experiments were conducted to determine the relations methionine and cystine (M+C): digestible lysine (Lys) in feed quails (Coturnix coturnix). For the growth periods (one to seven, eight to 14 and 15 to 21 days old) quails were created in mixed batches, and fed a basal diet containing 0.76 g methionine + cystine, supplemented with five levels of DL-Methionine, corresponding to the relations M+C: digestible Lys 0.61, 0.66, 0.71, 0.76 and 0.81. For final periods (22 to 28 and 29 to 35 days old), quails were created in sexed lots, and received basal diet containing 0.63 g methionine + cystine, supplemented with five levels of DL-Methionine, the corresponding to the relations M+C: digestible Lys 0.68, 0.73, 0.78, 0.83 and 0.88. The experimental design was completely randomized with five treatments and eight replicates. In periods of one to seven and eight to 14 days of old was observed effect of the relations M+C: digestible Lys for all performance traits, except for viability of quails. During the period of 15 to 21 days, the growth relations M+C: digestible Lys influenced all traits, except the uniformity and viability of quail. There was no effect of the relations M+C: digestibles Lys in the period 22 to 28 days for male quails, however, for females observed effect on feed intake and weight gain. In the period 29 to 35 days for males, there was effect for feed intake, methionine and cystine intake, weight gain, carcass ether extract, thigh + drumstick yield, carcass crude protein and nitrogen balance. However, for female quails 29 to 35 days of old, there was no effect on any of the traits studied in the face of relations M+C: digestible Lys. The relations M+C: digestibles Lys which optimized the weight gain were 0.81, 0.75 and 0.77 for periods of one to seven, eight to 14 and 15 to 21 days of old, respectively, for quail both sexes. During periods 22 to 28 and 29 to 35 day old females quails are recommended relations of 0.79 and 0.68, respectively, and for males quails are recommended relations of 0.68 and 0 88 M+C: digestible Lys.
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Lisina digest?vel para frangos de corte tipo caipira / Digestible lysine for alternative lines of broiler chickens

Oliveira, Renata Gomes 29 July 2013 (has links)
Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-01-05T16:04:05Z No. of bitstreams: 2 renata_gomes_oliveira.pdf: 686590 bytes, checksum: 0f17761923025eae7337021352f6c0bd (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-01-05T16:04:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 renata_gomes_oliveira.pdf: 686590 bytes, checksum: 0f17761923025eae7337021352f6c0bd (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-01-05T16:04:58Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 renata_gomes_oliveira.pdf: 686590 bytes, checksum: 0f17761923025eae7337021352f6c0bd (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-01-05T16:04:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 renata_gomes_oliveira.pdf: 686590 bytes, checksum: 0f17761923025eae7337021352f6c0bd (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Foram conduzidos quatro experimentos para avaliar n?veis de lisina digest?vel para frangos de corte tipo caipira, linhagem Colonial, machos e f?meas, criados em semiconfinamento durante as fases: inicial (1 a 21 dias), crescimento I (22 a 42 dias), crescimento II (43 a 56 dias) e final (57 a 60 dias). As aves foram alojadas em 30 boxes (?rea de abrigo), com acesso ? ?rea de pastejo. Em cada experimento foram utilizados 630 frangos e o delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualisado, em esquema fatorial 5x2 (n?veis de lisina x sexo) e tr?s repeti??es de 21 aves cada. Os n?veis de lisina digest?vel avaliados foram: 8,1; 9,5; 10,9; 12,3 e 13,7(g/kg) na fase inicial; 7,07; 8,07; 9,07; 10,7 e 11,07 (g/kg) na fase de crescimento I; 6,07; 7,07; 8,07; 9,07 e 10,07 (g/kg) na fase de crescimento II e 6,0; 7,0; 8,0; 9,0 e 10,0 (g/kg) na fase final. As vari?veis de desempenho avaliadas foram: consumo de ra??o (CR, g/ave), consumo de lisina (CL, g/ave), ganho em peso (GP, g/ave) e convers?o alimentar (CA, g ra??o consumida/ g de ganho em peso). Foram avaliadas as vari?veis de carca?a e de qualidade da carne: rendimento de carca?a, peso da gordura, rendimento e peso dos cortes de peito, de asa+coxinha e de coxa+sobrecoxa, o potencial hidrogeni?nico (pH), a capacidade de reten??o de ?gua (CRA), a perda de peso por cozimento (PPC), a maciez objetiva (MO) cor e luminosidade (L*, a*, b*). Para o per?odo inicial, recomenda-se o n?vel de 12,95 g de lisina/kg, na ra??o de machos e f?meas para melhor CA. Na fase de crescimento I, recomenda-se 9,61 g de lisina/kg na ra??o para minimizar a CA de ambos os sexos, e, para melhor GP, os n?veis de 10,08 e 9,49 g de lisina digest?vel/kg na ra??o de machos e f?meas, respectivamente. Verificou-se que, para a fase de crescimento II, o n?vel de 6,0 g lisina/kg de ra??o atende ?s exig?ncias dos frangos. Para a fase final, observou-se efeito dos n?veis de lisina digest?vel para a CA, sendo recomendados 8,51 g de lisina/kg de ra??o. Para as vari?veis de rendimento de carca?a obteve-se efeito linear crescente de lisina sobre o rendimento de coxa + sobrecoxa das f?meas. A MO da carne de coxa aumentou, linearmente, com os n?veis de lisina, e, para a CRA e L* da carne do peito, observou-se efeito linear decrescente dos n?veis de lisina. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2013 / ABSTRACT Four experiments were carried out to determine the digestible lysine requirements for alternative line of broilers, Colonial line, male and female, created in free range system during phases: initial phase (1 to 21 days), growing I (22-42 days), growing II (43-56 days) and last phase (57-60 days). The birds were distributed into 30 pens (shelter area) with access to the pasture. In each trial, 630 birds were used and the experimental design was a completely randomized in a factorial arrangement 5 x 2 (levels of lysine and gender), with three replicates of 21 birds each. The digestible lysine levels evaluated were: 8.1; 9.5; 10.9, 12.3 and 13.7 (g/kg) for initial phase, 7.07, 8.07, 9.07, 10.07 and 11.07 (g/kg) for growing phase I, 6.07, 7.07, 8.07, 9.07 and 10.07 (g/kg) for growing phase II and 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00 and 10.0 (g/kg) for the last phase. The performance parameters evaluated were: feed intake (FI, g/bird), lysine intake (LI, g/bird), weight gain (WG, g/bird) and feed convertion (FC, g feed intake/ g weight gain). There was evaluated carcass parameters and meat quality: carcass yield, fat weight, yield and weight about the cuts (breast, wing + drumstick, thigh + drumstick), hydrogen potential (pH), water holding capacity (WHC), cooking loss (CL), tenderness, color and brightness (L*, a*, b*). For the initial phase we recommend the level of 12.95 g of lysine/ kg, on the ration for males and females to improve FC. In the growing phase I, we recommend 9.61 g of lysine/kg in the ration to minimize FC for both genders, and to improve WG the levels 10.08 and 9.48 g of digestible lysine/kg on the ration for males and females, respectively. We verified that for growing phase II, the level of 6.0 g of lysine/kg on the ration meets the chicken?s requirements. At last phase, there was digestible lysine effect for FC and can be recommended 8.51 g of lysine/ kg. For yield carcass parameters, there was an increasing linear effect of females? thigh + drumstick. The tenderness increased linearly with lysine levels and for WHC and L* of the meat breast there was a decreasing linear effect of lysine levels.
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Redu??o da prote?na bruta e suplementa??o de amino?cidos das dietas na produ??o de frangos de corte / Reduction of crude protein and amino acid supplementation of diets in the production of broilers

Carvalho, H?lio Beirigo 31 August 2012 (has links)
Submitted by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-12-22T16:00:42Z No. of bitstreams: 2 helio_beirigo_carvalho.pdf: 726064 bytes, checksum: 56c4f507b6b622e8be789dca02e2dfd2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2015-12-22T16:52:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 helio_beirigo_carvalho.pdf: 726064 bytes, checksum: 56c4f507b6b622e8be789dca02e2dfd2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-22T16:52:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 helio_beirigo_carvalho.pdf: 726064 bytes, checksum: 56c4f507b6b622e8be789dca02e2dfd2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Este trabalho foi realizado para avaliar o efeito da formula??o de dietas que consideram o atendimento das exig?ncias de prote?na bruta, dietas com redu??o dos valores de prote?na bruta e atendimento das exig?ncias de amino?cidos digest?veis e dietas com atendimento das exig?ncias de amino?cidos sobre os par?metros de desempenho, consumo de energia, prote?na, amino?cidos, rendimento de carca?a e cortes, empenamento e custos na produ??o de frangos de corte nas diferentes fases de cria??o. Foram realizados cinco experimentos, conduzidos no setor de Avicultura da UFVJM, no Campus JK, em Diamantina ? MG. As aves usadas nos experimentos foram todas machos, da linhagem Cobb 500. No total, foram usadas 2.430 aves e consideradas as fases de 1 a 7, 8 a 21, 22 a 35, 36 a 42 e 42 a 49 dias de idade. Em todos os experimentos, as aves foram distribu?das segundo um delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com seis tratamentos (T1 ? Dieta-controle formulada de acordo com recomenda??es das Tabelas Brasileiras para aves e su?nos (2011) para atender prote?na bruta e amino?cidos digest?veis; T2 ? Dieta com 5% de redu??o da prote?na bruta da dieta-controle; T3 - Dieta com 10% de redu??o da prote?na bruta da dieta-controle; T4 - Dieta com 15% de redu??o da prote?na bruta da dieta-controle; T5 - Dieta formulada para atender as exig?ncias de amino?cidos digest?veis da dieta-controle com o valor da prote?na bruta livre; T6 - Dieta formulada para atender o valor da prote?na bruta da dieta-controle deixando livre o atendimento dos amino?cidos digest?veis. Na fase de 42 a 49 dias foram utilizadas tr?s repeti??es, mas nas demais fases foram usadas quatro repeti??es por tratamento. Com rela??o ao desempenho das aves, foi observado que, com o atendimento das exig?ncias de amino?cidos digest?veis, ? poss?vel reduzir em at? 10% os valores da prote?na bruta nas recomenda??es nutricionais feitas por Rostagno et al. (2011) e, dessa forma, o desempenho das aves n?o ? afetado. No entanto, dietas formuladas para atender apenas as exig?ncias de amino?cidos digest?veis, pioram o desempenho das aves. De modo geral, n?o houve diferen?as no consumo de energia; por?m, o consumo de prote?na e de amino?cidos diferiu ? medida em que se alterou os n?veis de prote?na bruta e amino?cidos digest?veis das dietas. A redu??o dos valores de prote?na bruta das dietas em at? 15% n?o afetou o rendimento de carca?a e cortes, mas as dietas formuladas para atender apenas ?s exig?ncias de amino?cidos digest?veis causaram pioras no rendimento de carca?a e carne do peito das aves. O empenamento das aves n?o foi afetado pelas dietas avaliadas. As an?lises de custos realizadas mostraram que dietas formuladas para o atendimento da prote?na bruta apresentam menor custo; por?m, at? os 35 dias, a redu??o de at? 10% dos valores da prote?na bruta com suplementa??o de amino?cidos digest?veis melhoram o custo do ganho em peso das aves. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2012. / ABSTRACT This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of diet formulation considering the attendance of crude protein, diets with reduced crude protein values and requirements of digestible amino acids and diets to meet the amino acid requirements on parameters performance, energy consumption, protein, amino acids, carcass yield and cuts, feathering and costs in the production of broiler chickens at various stages of creation. We conducted five experiments, conducted in the experimental aviary of UFVJM on campus in JK Diamantina - MG. The birds used in the experiments were all male, the strain Cobb 500. In total 2430 birds were used and considered stages 1-7, 8-21, 22-35, 36-42 and 42-49 days of age. In all experiments, the birds were distributed according to a completely randomized design with six treatments (T1 - diet control and formulated in accordance with recommendations of Rostagno et al. (2011) to meet crude protein and digestible amino acids, T2 - diet 5% reduction in crude protein diet control, T3 - diet with 10% reduction of crude protein in the control diet; T4 - diet with 15% reduction of crude protein in the control diet; T5 - diet formulated to meet the requirements the digestible amino acids of diet control with the amount of crude protein free; T6 - diet formulated to meet the amount of crude protein diet control with the amount of digestible amino acids free). In the period from 42 to 49 days were three replicates, but in the other phases were used four replicates per treatment. The performance of the birds, it was observed that, with the assistance of digestible amino acid requirements can be reduced up to 10% of the crude protein nutritional recommendations made by Rostagno et al. (2011), that performance is not affected. However, diets formulated to meet only the requirements of digestible amino acids, decrease the performance of the birds. In general, no differences in energy consumption, however, the consumption of protein and amino acids differ as altered levels of crude protein and digestible amino acid diets. The decreased levels of dietary crude protein up to 15% did not affect carcass yield and cuts, but the diet formulated to meet only the requirements of digestible amino acids, caused decrease in carcass and breast meat of birds. The feathering of the birds was not affected by the diets evaluated. The cost analysis performed showed that diets formulated to meet crude protein have a lower cost, however, up to 35 days, a reduction of up to 10% of the crude protein supplementation with digestible amino acids, improve the cost of weight gain birds.
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Intera??o gen?tipo x triptofano: lisina em codornas de corte via normas de rea??o / Genotype interaction x triptofan: lysine in cutting quality via reaction norms

Alc?ntara, Diego Coimbra 31 October 2016 (has links)
Linha de pesquisa: Melhoramento animal. / Submitted by Jos? Henrique Henrique (jose.neves@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-09-29T00:35:26Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) diego_coimbra_alcantara.pdf: 1887370 bytes, checksum: 3b18dc6adcb9630901b41a57c4a4a351 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rodrigo Martins Cruz (rodrigo.cruz@ufvjm.edu.br) on 2017-10-09T14:23:40Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) diego_coimbra_alcantara.pdf: 1887370 bytes, checksum: 3b18dc6adcb9630901b41a57c4a4a351 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-09T14:23:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) diego_coimbra_alcantara.pdf: 1887370 bytes, checksum: 3b18dc6adcb9630901b41a57c4a4a351 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico (CNPq) / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) / Objetivou-se com este estudo, caracterizar a intera??o gen?tipo x ambiente em codornas de corte, alimentadas com dietas contendo diferentes rela??es de triptofano:lisina, via normas de rea??o. Para realizar o experimento foram utilizadas duas linhagens de codornas de corte, LF1 e LF2. A ra??o fornecida no per?odo de crescimento, nascimento aos 21 dias de idade, continha uma rela??o de 0,20% de triptofano:lisina, e no per?odo final do crescimento, 22 a 35 dias, as codornas foram separadas em 5 tratamentos com as rela??es: 0,15; 0,20; 0,25; 0,30; 0,35% de triptofano:lisina. As aves foram pesadas aos 28 e 35 dias e abatidas aos 35 dias de idade. As caracter?sticas avaliadas foram os pesos pr?-abate, peso 28, peso 35, peso e rendimentos da carca?a, peito, coxa+sobrecoxa e as caracter?sticas de qualidade da carne. As an?lises foram realizadas utilizando modelos de regress?o aleat?ria considerando efeito fixo de sexo e o efeito aleat?rio gen?tico aditivo direto como fun??es das rela??es triptofano:lisina da dieta, admitindo-se homogeneidade de vari?ncia residual. Os resultados para desempenho, caracter?sticas de carca?a e caracter?sticas de qualidade da carne indicam que o coeficiente de regress?o do intercepto (b0), foi maior que o coeficiente de regress?o aleat?rio (b1). A herdabilidade e a vari?ncia gen?tica aditiva foram influenciadas pelas diferentes rela??es triptofano:lisina da dieta. Houve intera??o gen?tipo x ambiente para as caracter?sticas rendimento de carca?a, rendimento de peito e rendimento de coxa+sobrecoxa. As caracter?sticas de qualidade da carne CRA, b*, c* e H* (LF1) e CRA, PPC, L* e H* (LF2) apresentaram intera??o gen?tipo x ambiente. A intera??o gen?tipo x ambiente observada para as caracteristicas de rendimento e qualidade da carne indicam que a sele??o seja feita na rela??o triptofano:lisina em que as codornas ser?o criadas. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Zootecnia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2016. / We animed of this experiment was to characterize the genotype x environment interaction in the production of meat quails, fed diets containing different tryptophan:lysine ratios, via reaction standards. Two lines of cutting quails, LF1 and LF2, were used to perform the experiment. The feed provided in the growing period, from birth to 21 days, contained a 0.20% tryptophan:lysine ratio and in the final growth period, from 22 to 35 days of age, quails were separated into 5 treatments containing the Ratios of 0.15; 0.20; 0.25; 0.30; 0.35% tryptophan: lysine. The birds were weighed at 28 and 35 days of age and slaughtered at 35 days of age. The evaluated characteristics were the pre-slaughter weights, weight 28, weight 35, weight and yields of the carcass, breast, thigh + sobrecoxa and the quality traitsof the meat. The analyzes were performed using random regression models considering fixed sex effect and direct additive genetic random effect as functions of the tryptophan:lysine ratios of the diet, assuming homogeneity of residual variance. The results for performance, carcass traitsand meat quality traitsindicate that the regression coefficient of the intercept (b0) was higher than the random regression coefficient (b1). Heritability and additive genetic variance were influenced by the different tryptophan:lysine ratios of the diet. There was no genotype x environment interaction for the traitsof carcass yield, yield of breast and yield of thigh + overcoat. The quality traits of the meat CRA, b *, c * and H * (LF1) and CRA, PPC, L * and H * (LF2) presented genotype x environment interaction. It is possible to conclude that for yield traitsthe selection can be made in the lowest tryptophan: diet lysine ratios. For meat quality traitsthe sensitivity of the values indicates that the selection must be made in the tryptophan:lysine ratio in which the quails will be created.

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