Evaluation of Some External and Internal Egg Quality Traits of Quails Reared in Basrah City

Tabeekh, Mudhar A. S. Abu

doi:10.33762/bvetr.2011.55029

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“…Japanese quail eggs from cage housing system observed in this study were significantly heavier (11.85 vs. 10.93 g) than eggs from aviary housing system (P<0.05). The average weight of Japanese quail eggs from both housing systems observed in this study was close to values of 10.34 g reported by Song et al (2000), 10.58-11.60 g reported by Bagh et al (2016), 11.28 g reported by Kul and Seker (2004), and 11.9 g reported by Sari et al (2016), but some authors recorded lower values such as 7.04 g (Tabeekh, 2011) and 9.22 g (Sato et al, 1989) or higher values such as 12.50 g (Yilmaz et al, 2011), 12.53 g (Alasahan et al, 2015), 12.69 g (Polat et al, 2007), 12.76 g (Narinc et al, 2015), 12.79-14.04 g (Lukanov et al, 2019) and 13.25-13.71 g (Genchev, 2012). Kul and Seker (2004) considered that the differences between the results of the studies of Japanese quail egg quality could result from genetic structure, health condition, flock age, use of different content diets in feeding, and the differences in quail care and management conditions.…”

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Influence of housing system on the physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of Japanese quail eggs

Galić¹,

Filipović²,

Pliestić³

et al. 2021

JCEA

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The objective of this study was to determine the influence of housing system on the physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) eggs. A total of 240 eggs were collected from Japanese quails kept in two different housing systems: cage housing and aviary housing system (120 eggs from each housing system). Eggs from cage housing system were significantly (P<0.05) heavier than eggs from aviary housing system (11.85 g vs. 10.93 g), and were also longer, wider and had significantly (P<0.05) larger geometric mean diameter, surface area and volume. No statistically significant difference in albumen and yolk content was observed between eggs from cage and aviary housing system. Eggs from aviary housing system had significantly higher shell content and shell strength and required greater force to eggshell breaking. The average force required to breaking the shell of Japanese quail eggs from cage and aviary housing system in all three axes was 14.36 N and 12.70 N, respectively.

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Influence of housing system on the physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of Japanese quail eggs

Galić¹,

Filipović²,

Pliestić³

et al. 2021

JCEA

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“…The results (Table 8) of egg weight (EW) 9.92-11.19 g and egg content (EC) 7.71 -9.20 g in the current study are much higher than the 7.04 g and 6.76 g, respectively, reported for EW and EC by Tabeekh (2011) for quails. However, egg length 1.81-1.98 cm and egg width, 1.16 -1.30 cm, in current study were lower than the 2.83cm and 2.25, respectively for length and width reported by same author.…”

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“…Further to Table 8, other qualities such as albumen and yolk length reported were similar across the diets. However, albumen and yolk weights were different across the treatments and the values were higher when compared to those of Tabeekh (2011).…”

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Utilization of Graded Levels of Pearl Millet as Dietary Energy Source by Japanese Quails

Garba¹,

Abubakar²,

Muhammad³

2020

JASD

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The study was carried out to investigate the inclusion levels of pearl millet in the diets of quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica). A total number of 480 day-old quail birds were used in the study. Experimental diets contained 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% millet. Diets contained 24% CP, 2888 kcal/kg ME and 20% CP, 2778 kcal/kg ME for growing and laying phases, respectively. The experiment lasted for 119 days and data were collected on daily feed intake (DFI), total weight gain, daily water intake, egg weight, hen day egg production, egg quality, and haematological parameters. At growing phase (2-6 weeks), most of the parameters measured were significantly influenced by the dietary levels of millet except initial weight (20.50-21.755g/bird), age and weight at 1st lay, 39-43 days and 6.00-7.00 g, respectively. At the laying phase (6-17 weeks) all the parameters measured showed significant (P<0.001) differences except in DFI (26.70-30.60 g). In carcass characteristics, most of the parameters measured were not significantly (P<0.05) affected by the dietary levels except in live weight which is significantly (P<0.01) different; breast weight and back weight were significantly (P<0.05) different and thigh weight (P<0.001), respectively. The following egg quality parameters; albumen width and albumen weight were highly significantly (P<0.01) different while yolk weight was very highly significantly (P<0.001) different. The haematological indices showed that there were significant (P<0.001) differences among the white blood cell, red blood cell, mean corpuscular volume, and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. It was concluded that pearl millet can be included at 100% levels in diets of Japanese quails without adverse effects on growth performance and hen day egg production. Since carcass yield, haematological parameters and prime cuts were not adversely influenced by the dietary levels of pearl millet, it was therefore, recommended as energy dietary source for Japanese quails.

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“…Shell thickness, shell membrane thickness, shell ratio, yolk ratio, albumen ratio and Haugh unit were determined following Kirikci et al (2004) and Abd Salman Abu Tabeekh (2011).…”

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Interspecific variations in external and internal egg quality among various captive avian species from Punjab, Pakistan

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Present study was planned to determine variations in external and internal quality egg parameters of different avian species including ostrich Struthio camelus, ducks Anas platyrhynchos, chicken Gallus gallus, turkeys Meleagris gallopavo and grey francolin Francolinus pondicerinus. All the birds were kept under similar rearing conditions. A total of 150 eggs were collected for each species to record external features of these eggs. Statistically significant (p<0.05) variations were recorded in egg weight, egg length and egg width between ostrich, ducks, chicken, turkey and quail eggs. Significantly (p<0.05) higher egg weight, egg length and egg width was observed for ostrich eggs while the same was lowest for grey francolin eggs. Similarly, significantly (p<0.05) greater shape index and egg volume values were observed for ostrich eggs while lowest shape index values were recorded for turkey eggs and egg volume was lowest for grey francolin. Significantly, higher (p<0.05) values of egg density were noted for eggs of the quail and the same were lowest for ostrich eggs. Non-significant variations in egg density values were observed between eggs of the ducks, chicken, turkey and grey francolin. It has been concluded that the positive correlations between the internal and external egg quality traits indicated that the traits can be improved through selection.

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Evaluation of Some External and Internal Egg Quality Traits of Quails Reared in Basrah City

Cited by 13 publications

References 17 publications

Influence of housing system on the physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of Japanese quail eggs

Influence of housing system on the physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of Japanese quail eggs

Utilization of Graded Levels of Pearl Millet as Dietary Energy Source by Japanese Quails

Interspecific variations in external and internal egg quality among various captive avian species from Punjab, Pakistan

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