Sodium Chloride Requirement of Bobwhite Quail Chicks

Modified prenatal sensory stimulation influences postnatal behavioral and perceptual responsiveness in bobwhite quail chicks (Colinus virginianus).

Asynchronous bimodal stimulation during prenatal development elicits higher levels of behavioral and physiological arousal in precocial avian embryos than does unimodal sensory stimulation. To investigate whether the increased arousal associated with prenatal bimodal stimulation has enduring effects into postnatal development, bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) embryos received no supplementa...

Antibiotic treatment of ulcerative enteritis of bobwhite quail.

Penicillin-streptomycin, bacitracin methylene disalicylate, zinc bacitracinm, soluble bacitracin methylene disalicylate, streptomycin (25%) and spectinomycin were used as prophylactic and therapeutic treatments for ulcerative enteritis in bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus). Penicillin-streptomycin was the most effective prophylactic and streptomycin (25%) was the most effective therapeutic ag...

Impacts of predation on northern bobwhite and scaled quail

Calcium and phosphorus requirements of breeding bobwhite quail.

egg production is lowered, with the eggshells becoming pro gressively thinner. The serum calcium of the hen falls and there is a depletion of the calcium and phosphorus contents of the bones. Nevertheless, according to Branion, the percentage composition of the shell remains constant, showing that, as in bone formation, if the mineral is deposited, it is laid down in the normal proportion. Deob...

Recognition Characteristics in Covey Dialects of Bobwhite Quail

-Fifty Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) were randomly divided into two equal-size coveys at six weeks of age. At 12 weeks the separation (“hoypoo”) call was recorded from birds in both coveys. Duration and frequency characters were measured and subjected to discriminant analysis. This analysis indicated that each covey could be segregated mainly on the difference in duration between the “ho...