Influência da homeopatia na qualidade de ovos de codornas armazenados por diferentes períodos

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the influence of homeopathic products under the conservation of the quality of japanese quail eggs, submitted to different storage periods. We used 200 Japanese quails (Coturnix poonic coturnix), with 45 days of age and 80% of production, in a completely randomized design composed of a 4x3 factorial being 4 diets (Limestone, Fertsigo, Ovosigo and control diet) and 3 periods of storage (0 day, 7 days and 14 days) with ten repetitions of three eggs in each per treatment. Weight and percentage of egg, yolk, albumumen and shell, height of the album and yolk color of the yolk, specific gravity, Haugh unit, yolk index and shell thickness were evaluated. Data were statistically analyzed for normality by the Shapiro-Wilk test and the variances compared by the Levene test, considering the significance level at 5%. There was interaction between homeopathic doses and time in the parameters of height of albumumen and yolk, Haugh unit and yolk index, where for all parameters obtained a reduction over time. For egg weight, yolk, albumand bark, percentage of albumand percentage of bark was significant only for homeopathy, with the Treatment Ovosigo which obtained higher values. For egg weight and albumweight, yolk and albumúmen percentage, specific severity and colorimetry was significant only for the time when it had a reduction of these parameters, but for colorimetry the values increased over the days of storage. Homeopathic products improved egg weight, acting in the formation of yolk and bark, but did not influence the conservation of the quality of Japanese quail eggs in the evaluated period.