author(s)
Deepika Jain, RPS Baghel, Sunil Nayak, Rajesh Kumar and AK Patil

abstract
The present study was carried out to evaluate quality traits of eggs in birds fed diets containing different energy and protein levels with and without fish meal. Eighty birds divided into eight equal groups (T₁, T_2, T₃, T₄, T₅, T₆, T₇ and T₈). Birds in all the eight groups were fed maize, soybean meal, fish meal (Jawla fish) and deoiled riice polish (DORP). In the present study egg shell thickness was not significantly influenced by the levels of dietary energy and protein. However this research indicated that reduction of protein from 16.5 to 14.5 per cent caused significant (p<0.05) decline in egg shell quality at the beginning of the second production cycle in birds. Egg quality traits were not influenced due to diets containing different levels of energy and protein with or without fish meal except yolk index which was significantly higher in birds assigned 16 per cent CP and 2700 kcal ME/kg.