Consumer interest in free-range and organic poultry is growing. An experiment was conducted to assess the impact of alternative genotype and production systems on the sensory attributes of chicken meat. Specifically, a slow-growing genotype and a fast-growing genotype were raised for 91 and 63 d. The slow-growing birds were placed before the fast-growing birds to achieve a similar final BW at p...

Objective: This study aimed to determine phenotypic correlations between carcass part yields (breast and thigh yield) meat quality characteristics (pHu, lightness, redness, yellowness, chroma, hue, thawing loss, cooking water holding capacity, texture) in Japanese quails.Material Methods: was carried out on a total of 130 quails with mixed sexes. Twenty-four hours after slaughter, pHu color mea...

In this study, the effects of two different levels sweet almond supplementation (2,500 and 5,000 mg/kg) to Japanese quails’ diets (Coturnix coturnix Japonica) on performance, carcass group, blood values meat quality were examined. For purpose, 72 one-day-old quails randomly distributed under control experimental groups for 35 days experiment, their body weight feed consumption evaluated. At end...

To evaluatethe effects of supplementing diets of growing Japanese quails (n=450; 7 days old) with chromium (Cr) yeast and / or mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) on productive performance, carcass traits and the immune system are reported. Diets were a basal diet (control) or the basal diet supplemented with 600 mg Cr-yeast/kg (Cr 1), 1200 mg Cr-yeast/kg (Cr 2), 1.0 g MOS/kg, Cr 1 + MOS or Cr 2 + MO...

Quail has been proposed to be an intermediate host of influenza A viruses. However, information on the susceptibility and pathogenicity of pandemic H1N1 2009 (pH1N1) and swine influenza viruses in quails is limited. In this study, the pathogenicity, virus shedding, and transmission characteristics of pH1N1, swine H1N1 (swH1N1), and avian H3N2 (dkH3N2) influenza viruses in quails was examined. T...

AIM Genotype VII Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is the most predominant NDV strains that circulating in Malaysia; thus, this study was aimed to determine the susceptibility of Japanese quails toward genotype VII NDV. Clinical signs, gross pathological lesions of organs, positive detection of virus in organs and cloacal swabs, as well as the expression of the antibody titer, were used as paramete...

The mineral elements contained in poultry feed do not fully meet their needs. Therefore, the that are lacking diet introduced into or mixtures to ensure integrity. aim of experiment was research cobalt chelate complex effect on live weight, weight gain, slaughter quality and hematological parameters Pharaoh quails.Scientific studies quail productivity were conducted a farm Vinnytsia National Ag...

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...