Studies on the Sodium Requirement of Growing Japanese Quail

The Use of Sesame Meal in Diets of Japanese Quail

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of different levels of sesame meal (SM) on performance and carcass characteristics of Japanese quail. One hundred sixty day-old Japanese quail chick were equally distributed into 16 cage pens and reared form 10 to 42 days of age. The treatments consisted of SM0, SM50, SM100 and SM150. The diet for SM0 treatment had no SM (control), while those ...

The Japanese Quail

The Japanese quail

The Japanese quail belongs to the order Galformes, family Phasidae, genus Coturnix and species japonica. Several aspects account for the utility of this bird. First, it has attained economic importance as an agricultural species producing eggs and meat that are enjoyed for their unique flavor. Egg production is important in Japan and Southeast Asia, while meat is the main product in Europe. Sec...

Estimating the requirement of dietary crude protein for growing blue-breasted quail (Excalfactoria chinensis).

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the requirement for dietary crude protein (CP) in growing blue-breasted quail (BBQ). In Experiment 1, 300 1-day-old quails were randomly assigned to 10 groups according to a 2×5 factorial arrangement of treatments with two metabolisable energy (ME) levels (12.13 and 13.39 MJ/kg) and five CP concentrations (160, 190, 220, 250 and 280 g/kg) for 8 week...

Pathological studies of Marek's disease in Japanese quail.

Pathological studies of Japanese quail, which were inoculated intraperitoneally with JM strain of Marek's disease herpesvirus (MDHV) at one day of age or infected by contact with inoculated-quails, were described. A group of quails accidentally infected with Marek's disease (MD) and other un infected normal quails were also included in the present experiments. The quails were examined for vario...