TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effects of Live Weight of Japan Quails (<I>Coturnix coturnix japonica</I>) on the Characteristics of Interior and Exterior Quality of Eggs
AU - Ozdemir, Gokce AU - Inci, Hakan 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 10
SP  - 1666
EP  - 1668
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.1666.1668
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.1666.1668
KW  - Quail
KW  -selection
KW  -live weight
KW  -egg characteristics
KW  -yolk weight
KW  -albumen
AB  - This study was done in order to figure out between the live weight and the characteristics of interior and exterior quality of eggs. Total 75 quails are used as animal material in this study. The quails are kept in the cages throughout the study and a male + two female quails in equal weights are put to each cage compartment. Eggs are collected from the quails throughout 4 weeks. Some characteristics like the egg weight, shape index, specific gravity, shell thickness, albumen index, yolk index, yolk weight and albumen weight were measured. According to the results of this trail, the egg weight increases depending upon the body weight of the quails selected for live weight. This increase on the egg weight is due the higher albumen and yolk weight. It was observed that the differences between the live weight and egg weight, shape index, albumen and yolk weight were statistically significant (p&lt;0.05).
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