The Effect Selection for Age at Sexual Maturity and Maturity on Some Blood of Physiological Traits in Japanese Quail Bird Brown Color | ||
| Journal of Tikrit University For Agriculture Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 31-39 | ||
| Author | ||
| Haitham R.M. Al-kaisi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted at the animal farm , department of animal production , college agriculture – Tikrit University during the period of 20/10/2012 to 20/6/2013 for selection to the statement following the trait age at sexual maturity of the brown japanese quail bird on some blood of physiological traits . 120 birds were used in this study ( 30 males and 90 females) from the parents generation and divided into three groups early (39.16 days), medium (42.57 days) and late (48.12 days) age at sexual maturity. each group divided into ten families by one male and three females per family. six birds from each group were slaughtered at the end of the production period, amounting to 70 days after placing the first egg. After the eggs hatch index compiled for several days to produce totals and sons by their hosts and also used 120 birds from one generation of sons (30 males and 90 females) , the results showed a significant decrease for group early age at sexual maturity in the trait average size of packed cell volume and average level hemoglobin and the number of red blood cells and white blood cell count compared groups middle and late age at sexual maturity . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Japanese quail; age at sexual maturity; blood of physiological traits | ||
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