THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DRIED EARTHWORM(Eudrilus eugeniae) EAL ADDED TO COMMERCIAL RATION ON THE GROWTH PERFOMANCE OF JAPANESEQUAILS(Coturnix coturnix)

This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture Poultry Project, Mindanao State University-General Santos City, from February 01 to March 07, 2018. It was conducted to determine the effects on feed consumption, liveweight gain, mortality rate, feed conversion efficiency and the economics of producing Japanese quail fed with 100% chick booster mash （CBM),5% dried earthworm meal (DEM) and 10% dried earthworm meal (DEM) in the ration as treatments and arranged in completely randomized design (CRD) with tree replications and four birds in each replicate. The birds fed with 5% DEM had the highest feed consumption of 585.16g/bird followed by those birds fed with 10% DEM with 572.02g/bird and fed with 0% DEM with 571.45g/bird. Birds fed with 0% DEM in their diets were the heaviest having 114.23g/bird followed by those birds fed with 10% DEM in the ration with 111.36g/bird and those birds fed with 5% DEM with 110.63g/bird. The birds with the highest feed consumption was observed to be the least efficient feed converter with 5.01 units of feed to produce a unit of liveweight gain followed by those birds fed with 10% DEM in the ration with 5.14 units. While those birds fed with 5% CBM was the most efficient feed converter with 5.29 units of feed to produce a unit of liveweight gain. The weight gain and feed conversion ratio showed no significant differences among treatment means, while feed consumption showed significant differences among treatments. In this study ,birds fed with CBM in the ration obtained the highest IOFCC of Php 4.33/bird followed by those birds fed with DEM in ration with Php 4.28/ bird and the treatment with the lowest IOFCC was those birds fed with commercial ration with Php 3.65/bird.