Effect of feeding time on the reproductive performance of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Poultry Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1188-1192

  Hassan, S M ^a   Mady, M E ^a   Cartwright, A L ^b   Sabri, H M ^a   Mobarak, M S ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding time; Fertility; Hatchability; Heat stress; Oviposition time

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; EATING; EGG; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COTURNIX; EATING; EGGS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0043238824     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/82.7.1188     Document Type: Article

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