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EFFECT OF HISTAMINE, PUTRESCINE AND OF CANNED SPOILED TUNA ON GROWTH IN YOUNG JAPANESE QUAIL
Author(s) -
BLONZ EDWARD R.,
OLCOTT HAROLD S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02498.x
Subject(s) - tuna , quail , starter , putrescine , histamine , food science , bioassay , biology , fish meal , weight gain , meal , fish <actinopterygii> , chemistry , fishery , body weight , biochemistry , endocrinology , ecology , enzyme
Newly hatched quail were fed for 9 days with chick starter meal, or diets based upon 60% freeze‐dried spoiled or nonspoiled tuna. The diets were fed alone, or with added histamine or putrescine. Histamine in the chick starter meal depressed weight gain while the putrescine had no apparent effect at the level used. The diets based upon 60% freeze‐dried spoiled tuna significantly depressed weight gain when compared to the nonspoiled tuna diets. No significant effect was observed when histamine was added to nonspoiled tuna diets at levels equaling or exceeding that in the spoiled fish. Quail might be useful bioassay animals for the isolation and identification of toxic factors in canned spoiled tuna fish.