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Effect of Feed Restriction on some Behavioral Patterns, Productive, and Reproductive traits in Japanese Quail

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal behavior and management

Abstract

The current study was conducted to investigate the impact of feed restriction on behavioral patterns, productive, and reproductive performance of Japanese Quail. Total number of 480 quail aged 6 weeks of both sexes were equally assigned to four groups (3 replicates per group). First Group (G1) was allowed to eat the whole day (control group). Second (G2), Third (G3), and Fourth Group (G4) were allowed to eat two times, three times, and four times per day respectively. All groups were subjected to 16 hours of light per day. Behavior of birds was observed 3 days per week. Body weight, productive performance (egg weight and quality), and reproductive performance (fertility and hatchability) were measured for all groups. Results were analyzed using mixed models in SPSS. Analysis showed that feeding twice a day significantly reduces the body weight (P<0.057), frequency of sexual behavior (P<0.05), percentage of fertility (P<0.0001), hatchability (P<0.001), percentage of unhatched fertile eggs (P<0.0001), and clear eggs (P<0.0001), compared to the control group. While feeding three and four times a day had a significantly higher effect on egg production (P<0.0001), egg weight (P<0.0001), fertility (P<0.0001), and hatchability (P<0.001) than feeding twice a day. Results showed that feed restriction could be used to protect the health and welfare of Japanese quail.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2023.160707.1587

Keywords

feed restriction, Behavior, productive performance, reproductive performance, Japanese quail

Authors

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FATMA

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ELSANHOURY

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Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

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sanhoryfatma@gmail.com

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0000-0003-0061-2173

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Essam

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Ahmed

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Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

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essam.mahmoud@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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0000-0002-9103-3101

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Souad

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Abdemoaty

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Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

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souad.abdemoaty@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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0000-0002-0701-6916

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Said

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Allaithy

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Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

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ellaithys@yahoo.com

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Volume

43

Article Issue

2

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38955

Issue Date

2023-01-01

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2022-09-04

Publish Date

2023-01-01

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58

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63

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1110-6581

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Feed Restriction on some Behavioral Patterns, Productive, and Reproductive traits in Japanese Quail

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22 Jan 2023