The purpose of the current study was to detect effects different levels rosemary volatile oil (VO) supplemented laying quail diets on performance, egg quality parameters, and yolk oxidative stability. In this study, a total 105 quails (Coturnix coturnix Pharaoh) at age 6 weeks were used 3 main groups formed, each containing 35 quails. Also, group separated into 5 replicates an equal number Quai...

in this study parasitic infection of bobwhite and japanese quails were clarified in farms of garmsar city in province of semnan. forty quails from two breeds randomly were selected and they examined to identify all internal and external parasites .finding was shown that five percent of the quails examined harbored one or more species of helminthes. two cestodes, raillietina echinobothrida and r...

Estimation of growth curves of poultry species is of particular importance in animal science. This study aims at fitting hierarchical Gompertz growth curve to Japanese quails body weight data obtained from hatching to 56 days of age weekly. The model involved a random animal effect as well as sex and line effects in asymptotic weight parameters. Model parameters were estimated via Bayesian meth...

Over the past 50 years the worldwide growing demand of poultry meat has resulted in pressure on breeders, nutritionists and growers to increase the growth rate of birds, feed efficiency, size of breast muscle and reduction in abdominal fatness. Moreover, the shift toward further processed products has emphasized the necessity for higher standards in poultry meat to improve sensory characteristi...

Recent evidence suggests dietary advice to limit red meat is unnecessarily restrictive and may have unintended health consequences. As nutrient-rich high quality protein foods, red meats can play an important role in helping people meet their essential nutrient needs. Yet dietary advice to limit red meat remains standard in many developed countries, even though red meat intakes appear to be wit...

the effect of ethanolic extract of iranian green propolis, rosemary and earthworm meal to determine on performance, immune system and blood metabolites of japanese quail, using 160 mixed-sex quail chicks in a completely randomized design by four treatments (including ethanolic extract of propolis 0.1 percent, rosemary leaves meal 0.5 percent, earthworm meal 0.5 percent and control) and four rep...