Effects of chilli pepper ( Capsicum frutescens Linn.) powder supplementation in diet on productive performance, carcass traits and faecal pathogenic bacteria population of Japanese Quails ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )

Abstract The current study investigated the effects of supplementing the diet with chilli pepper ( Capsicum frutescens Linn.) powder on productive performance, carcass traits and faecal pathogenic bacteria population of Japanese quails. The experiment was executed in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD). After being weighed, 180 male Japanese quails that were 3 weeks old were then randomly divided into 3 treatment groups with 4 replicates of 15 birds each. Commercial feed was used as the control