450 EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT GINGER AND TURMERIC POWDER ON JAPANESE QUAIL (COTURNIX JAPONICA) PERFORMANCE, CARCASS TRAITS AND BLOOD PARAMETERS A. J. Khalil D. D. Maulod* S. M. Ahmed University of Salahaddin - College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences *Correspondence to: Delman Deler Maulod, Department of Animal Resources, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq. E-mail: delman.maulod@su.edu.krd Article info Abstract Received: 2022-07-28 Accepted: 2022-08-30 Published: 2022-12-31 Completely randomized design were used as the quails were distributed to four feed treatments randomly (45 birds/ treatment) with three replications (15 birds/ replicate). Treatments were: basal diet without additives (control), basal diet with 5g/kg of ginger powder, basal diet with 5g/kg of turmeric powder and equal mixture of 10g/kg ginger and turmeric powder. Results showed all treatment additives significantly increased (p≤0.05) in live body weight with body weight gain. Feed intake until 21 days of age significantly decreased (p≤0.05) in turmeric treatment but as a whole study until 42 days of age, there were no considerable variations (p≤0.05) between treatments. Significant decrease (p≤0.05) of feed conversion ratio was occurred in turmeric treatment. Addition of ginger and turmeric significantly increased (p≤0.05) male and female eviscerated dressing percentage, breast percentage and back percentage. Inclusions ginger and turmeric powder significantly decreased (p≤0.05) blood cholesterol, triglycerides and LDL in both of males and females but HDL in males did not changed significantly (p≤0.05) while in females significantly reduced (p≤0.05). In conclusion, dietary supplementation with 5g/kg of ginger and 5g/kg turmeric powder either alone or as a mixture as an effective supplement could be used to enhance growth performance, carcass characteristics and blood lipids. DOI -Crossref: 10.32649/ajas.2022.176660 Cite as: Khalil, A. J., D. D. Maulod, and S. M. Ahmed. (2022). Effect of dietary supplement ginger and turmeric powder on japanese quail (coturnix japonica) performance, carcass traits and blood parameters. Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 20(2): 450-463. Keywords: Japanese quail, Ginger powder, Turmeric powder, Carcass characteristics, Blood lipids. Journal homepage www.ajas.uoanbar.edu.iq Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences (University of Anbar – College of Agriculture) ©Authors, 2022, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar. This is an open- access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/).