On the use of commercial quails as study organisms: Lessons about food intake from individual variation in body mass

Avian Biology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 137-141

  Duval, C ^a   Cassey, P ^a,d   Desaivre, S ^b   Reynolds, S J ^a   Spencer, K A ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Glasgow ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird body condition; Bird feeding regime; Bird welfare; Experimental design; Quail nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; QUAIL;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84865473297     PISSN: 17581559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3184/175815512X13443333441381     Document Type: Article

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