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Bagh J, Panigrahi B, Panda N, et al. Body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in coastal climatic condition of Odisha. Vet World. 2016;9(8):832-6doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836.
Bagh, J., Panigrahi, B., Panda, N., Pradhan, C. R., Mallik, B. K., Majhi, B., & Rout, S. S. (2016). Body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in coastal climatic condition of Odisha. Veterinary world, 9(8), 832-6. https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836
Bagh, Jessy, et al. "Body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in coastal climatic condition of Odisha." Veterinary world vol. 9,8 (2016): 832-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836
Bagh J, Panigrahi B, Panda N, Pradhan CR, Mallik BK, Majhi B, Rout SS. Body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in coastal climatic condition of Odisha. Vet World. 2016 Aug;9(8):832-6. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836. Epub 2016 Aug 10. PMID: 27651670; PMCID: PMC5021831.
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Vet World. 2016 Aug;9(8):832-6. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in coastal climatic condition of Odisha.

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Jessy Bagh, B Panigrahi, N Panda, C R Pradhan, B K Mallik, B Majhi, S S Rout

Affiliations

  1. Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  2. Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  3. Central Poultry Development Organization, Eastern Region, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

PMID: 27651670 PMCID: PMC5021831 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.832-836

Abstract

AIM: The present study was conducted to evaluate the performance of gray, brown, and white varieties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) with respect to body weight, egg production, and egg quality traits in the coastal climatic condition of Odisha.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 500-day-old straight run Japanese quail chicks of three varieties, viz., gray, brown, and white were randomly selected and reared in deep litter system at Central Poultry Development Organization, Eastern Region, Bhubaneswar. The weekly body weight of the birds was recorded till their egg production stage (up to 6 weeks of age). The average egg production was recorded every biweekly from 6(th) to 20(th) week. Exterior and interior quality of eggs from each variety was determined at 6 weeks of age.

RESULTS: The initial average weekly body weight of three varieties did not differ (p>0.05) among the varieties. However, from 1(st) to 6(th) week significantly higher body weight was observed in gray than white and brown. Brown varieties had reached 50% egg production 1 week earlier than gray and white. Brown had higher peak hen day (HD) production or hen-housed egg production followed by white and gray. External quality such as: Egg weight, egg length, egg width, volume, shape index, shell weight, shell thickness depicted no significant difference among the varieties except circumference length and circumference width, which were significantly higher (p≤0.05) in gray varieties than brown varieties. Internal egg characteristics such as: Albumen length, albumen width, albumen height, albumen index, yolk length, yolk width, yolk height, yolk index, albumen weight, yolk weight, Haugh unit revealed no significance difference among the varieties.

CONCLUSION: It may be summarized from the findings that gray excelled in body weight followed by white and brown. Egg production potential in terms of hen house egg production or HD egg production was higher for brown followed by white and gray in the coastal climatic condition of Odisha.

Keywords: body weight; egg production potential; egg quality traits; quail

References

  1. Poult Sci. 1982 Nov;61(11):2137-42 - PubMed

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