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The current study was conducted on the animal production college of agriculture University of Duhok, in order to investigate the effect of supplementation with vitamin C, red pepper (RP) and oak leaves (OL) on some physiological, reproductive and productive parameters of quail. Four hundred eighty quail birds (7 days) were divided into four groups with three replicates / group (40 birds/replicate, the groups were treated from the age of 7 days till the age of 49 days as follows: T1 (control): Reread on standard ration, T2: Reread on standard ration supplemented with vitamin C (300 mg /kg ration). T3: Reread on standard ration supplemented with red pepper crush (5g/kg ration). T4: Reread on standard ration supplemented with oak leaves crush (10 g/kg ration). The results of the current study revealed the following: Significant increase in live body weight (LBW) and body weight gain (BWG) of treatment as compared with control, significant decrease in feed consumption (FC) in vit. C group as compared with control, a significant improvement feed conversion ratio (FCR) in OL group as compared with control and in RP and vit. C groups as compared with OL group.
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Dr. Ihsan Tawffiq Tayeb, varón, casado, 1/10/1969, Amedy, Dohuk, Región del Kurdistán, Iraq, iraquí, profesor asistente, kurdo (lengua materna), inglés y árabe (hablado y escrito), Facultad de Educación Básica - Amedi, Universidad de Duhok, Región del Kurdistán, Iraq.
