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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Coturnix quail"”.
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Analyzing the Longevity of Sperm Within the Female Japanese Quail by Assessing Sperm Penetration of the Perivitelline Layer Under Optimal and Suboptimal Conditions.
… of 120 twelve week old random bred Japanese coturnix quail was separated into breeding ratios of three hens per cock making 30 pens with four birds in each. Treatments of optimal nutrition, suboptimal nutrition, and mild heat stress 75-80°F were utilized. These treatments were compared to a …
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Contaminants at a Shooting Range: Toxicological and Nutritional Significance to Birds and Mammals
… wildlife, I conducted controlled experiments on Coturnix quail exposed to clay targets in the lab, and collected wild birds and mammals exposed to lead pellets at a shooting range. The first Coturnix study determined whether quail voluntarily consumed target fragments or limestone fragments. In …
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The Evaluation of Genetic and Phenotypic Differences Associated with Short Term Selection of Four Different Feed Efficiency Strategies in Japanese Quail
… develop four independent sublines of Japanese coturnix quail through the selection of 4 different FE strategies. Prior to this study, the Japanese quail underwent long term selection for high 4-week body weight making them an appropriate model for the commercial broiler. Two of the FE …
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Cultivation of Eimeria Dispersa in Bobwhite Quail Embryos
… oocysts of Eimeria dispersa from the Bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus), to study the endogenous development of E. dispersa in Bobwhite quail embryos, and to examine the cross-transmission properties of this species for turkeys, chickens, and Japanese quail. Procedure. Oocysts, isolated from …