The future of Japanese quail for research and production

Abstract

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Fatty acid composition of meat and genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci in 3 generations of Japanese quail populations

“…In addition, far too little attention has been paid to the determination of meat quality traits of adult or spent quails at the end of their productive life (Santhi and Kalaikannan, 2017). In fact, even if research shows that quail meat production is economically most effective when performed at the age of 35 days, there may also be markets for larger quail (300 g) to be sold as broiler or processed, and for older and slower growing quails (Minvielle, 2004). On the other hand, the old breeding birds are slaughtered and sold on commercial market without any distinction being made on age (Shanaway, 1994).…”

Estimation of genetic parameters for carcass traits in Japanese quail using Bayesian methods

“…In a few investigations feed conversion ratio, carcass traits and growth curves were studied (Pym et al, 1998;Narinc et al, 2010). In the studies performed on Japanese quail, lines with (Minvielle, 2004). However, certain correlated traits were improved for meat production or egg yield in dam and sire lines, and modern poultry breeding techniques for commercial use of crossbred hybrids of these lines have not been used.…”

“…However, certain correlated traits were improved for meat production or egg yield in dam and sire lines, and modern poultry breeding techniques for commercial use of crossbred hybrids of these lines have not been used. Therefore, certain disadvantages such as reduced fertile egg production and feed conversion ratio, and deteriorated egg quality occurred in future generations due to the rapid increase in live-weight and egg yield (Minvielle, 2004). In a successful breeding study, genetic parameters of the selected traits should be correctly estimated and suitable breeding programmes should be planned.…”

“…Quails are generally reared for egg production in the Far East and Asian countries, and primarily for meat production in European and American countries (Minvielle, 2004). In certain countries such as Turkey, quails are raised for meat production and marketed by being priced per animal.…”

A hybrid model of uniform design and artificial neural network for the optimization of dietary metabolizable energy, digestible lysine, and methionine in quail chicks

“…There is no increasingly trend for research activity on Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) as a biological model (Minvielle, 2004) and little information is available on the nutritional requirements of modern quails, especially on digestible amino acid requirements. Some reports were recently published on the metabolizable energy:crude protein (ME:CP) ratio in growing (Ghazaghi et al, 2012;Siyadati et al, 2011) and adult quails (Tarasewicz et al, 2006).…”