Diet selection by Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in relation to ambient temperature and metabolic rate

British Poultry Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 586-589

  MacLeod, M G ^a   Dabutha, L A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Tonota College of Education   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; GLYCINE MAX; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CALORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTURNIX; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SOYBEAN; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COTURNIX; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD PREFERENCES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; RESPIRATION; SOYBEANS; TEMPERATURE; TRITICUM;

EID: 0031300848     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071669708418040     Document Type: Article

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