Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics (J Anim Breed Genom)
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Research Article

Morphometric, productive and reproductive performances of Japanese quail(Coturnix japonica) in Sylhet city of Bangladesh

1Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Faculty of veterinary, Animal and Biomedical sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University,Sylhet Bangladesh
2DVM, Sylhet Agricultural University,Sylhet Bangladesh
3Department of Pathology, Faculty of veterinary, Animal and Biomedical sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University,Sylhet Bangladesh

Correspondence to Himel Talukder, E-mail: himeltalukder1971@gmail.com

Volume 4, Number 4, Pages 73-81, December 2020.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics 2020, 4(4), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.12972/jabng.20200007
Received on 30 November, 2020, Revised on 15 December, 2020, Accepted on 23 December, 2020, Published on 31 December, 2020.
Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).

ABSTRACT

Objectives:This study was undertaken on Japanese quails to evaluate their productive and reproductive performance in Sylhet Sadar Upazilla, Sylhet. Materials and Methods:Total 942 quails and 250 eggs of different private farms of Sylhet Sadar Upazilla were observed and studied. The traits studied include body weight, morphological traits, and reproductive traits. Results:Results showed that, mean hatch weight and mature body weight (20 weeks) of Japanese quails were 5.74±1.14gm and 170.02±5.85gm respectively. At adult age (12 weeks) mean shank length, body length, wing length and breast girth were 3.91±0.16, 18.05±1.02, 15.20±0.95, 7.30±0.12cm respectively. Mean age at sexual maturity, was 54.06±1.78 days while weight of first egg and average egg weight were 7.72±0.18 and 12.72±1.95gm respectively. Henday egg production and Hen-housed egg production were 5.64±1.41% and 11.49±4.96%, respectively. Percentage mean fertility was 78.40±4.05 while that of the percentage mean hatchability of eggs was 63.59±5.08. Percentage mean reproductive capacity was 70.28±3.53 and mean embryonic mortality was 26.82±2.94%. Conclusions:It was concluded that given the productive and reproductive estimates, Japanese quail can serve as an alternate livestock species that can ameliorate shortage of protein intake in environment studied.

KEYWORDS

Japanese quail, Morphometric, Productive,Reproductuive, Sylhet

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