Propolis is a sticky resin produced by worker honeybees from substances collected from plants, and it has strong antibacterial and antifungal properties. The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of propolis on egg weight loss, hatchability, chick performance, and to control microbial activity naturally occurring on eggshells. A total of 750 fresh eggs was randomly divided into 5 g...

ERUM albumin polymorphism has been reported in such animals as pigs (KRISTJANSSON 1963), horses (STORMONT and SUZUKI 1963), cattle (ASHTON 1964; ASHTON and LAMPKIN 1965), chickens (MCINDOE 1962) and turkeys ( QUINTEROS, STEVENS, TORMONT and ASMUNDSON 1964). BECKMAN, CONTERIO and MAINARDI (1963) examined the serum protein patterns of avian species hybrids and found that in eight out of 11 inters...

this study aimed to evaluate the antioxidant property of chavir plant on japanese quail intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride (ccl4). eighty, one-d-old japanese quail chicks were randomly allotted to 4 treatments with 4 replicates and 5 chicks in each, using completely randomized design with 2×2 factorial arrangements including 2 levels of chavir powder (0 and 1.5 percent) and ccl4 (0 and 1 ml/...

Aim: The present study was designed to evaluate the safety of seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L. Elaeagnaceae) leaves added in the diet of Japanese quail. Materials and Methods: A total of ninety quail chicks were randomly divided into 2 groups and fed a standard quail chick mash added with or without 2% SBT leaf powder (Group SX), and a standard quail chick mash (Group CX, control) for 21 d...

A 2×2×2 factorial design experiment was carried out with two levels of protein (20 and 22%), two levels of lysine (1.05 and 1.15%) and two levels of total sulfur amino acids (TSAA) (0.8 and 0.9%) to investigate their effect on growth performance and carcass characteristics of growing Japanese quail. A total number of 408 unsexed one week old Japanese quail chicks were randomly distributed into ...

the purpose of this study was to identify genomic regions of quantitative trait loci (qtl), affectingcarcass traits on chromosome 1 in an f2 population of japanese quail. for this purpose, a three-generationresource population was developed by using two distinct japanese quail strains, wild (meat type) andwhite (layer type). eight pairs of white and wild birds were crossed reciprocally and 34 f...

in order to determine the optimal levels of energy and protein in grower diet of japanese quail, 360 dayold japanese quails were used in a 3×3 factorial arrangement of dietary treatments that comprised threelevels of metabolisable energy (2750, 2850, and 2950 kcal/kg) and three levels of crude protein (24, 26and 28 percent) with four replicates per treatment in a completely randomized design. f...

The extracellular matrix surrounding avian oocytes, called the perivitelline membrane (PL), consists of at least two major glycoproteins, ZP3 and ZP1. Our previous study using Japanese quail had demonstrated that the PL obtained from the preovulatory follicles was incubated in vitro with spermatozoa, and perforations were observed. This result indicated that the PL might contain a constituent t...