Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements
The difficulty of sex determination in most poultry species causes significant financial losses for poultry production as birds cannot be separated at early stages of growth for meat or egg production. Therefore it is important to determine bird’s sex with zoometric parameters. This study was carrie...
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| author | Tülin Çiçek Rathert İnan Güven Fatih Üçkardeş |
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| description | The difficulty of sex determination in most poultry species causes significant financial losses for poultry production as birds cannot be separated at early stages of growth for meat or egg production. Therefore it is important to determine bird’s sex with zoometric parameters. This study was carried out to determine the sex of Japanese quails with zoometric measurements, such as live weight, body length, chest depth and chest width. Eighty-eight male and female Japanese quail chicks were used individually for live weight, chest depth (mm), chest width (mm) and body length (mm) with using digital scaled balance and caliper for every week over a period of six weeks. The weekly collected data were applied to t test for estimating the sex discrimination. The Pearson’s correlation was applied for examining the interrelationship between sex and biometric traits. The results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between live weight and body length beginning with the 2nd week. Therefore, zoometric measurement of these body traits is suitable for discriminating the sex of Japanese quails in early phase of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-175fecfb87d94edd8db0994a3708ce942023-02-15T16:10:03ZengTurkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP)Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2017-09-01591002100510.24925/turjaf.v5i9.1002-1005.1278600Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric MeasurementsTülin Çiçek Rathert0İnan Güven1Fatih Üçkardeş2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, 46050 KahramanmaraşDepartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, 46050 KahramanmaraşDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Basic Medical Sciences, Adıyaman University, 02040 AdıyamanThe difficulty of sex determination in most poultry species causes significant financial losses for poultry production as birds cannot be separated at early stages of growth for meat or egg production. Therefore it is important to determine bird’s sex with zoometric parameters. This study was carried out to determine the sex of Japanese quails with zoometric measurements, such as live weight, body length, chest depth and chest width. Eighty-eight male and female Japanese quail chicks were used individually for live weight, chest depth (mm), chest width (mm) and body length (mm) with using digital scaled balance and caliper for every week over a period of six weeks. The weekly collected data were applied to t test for estimating the sex discrimination. The Pearson’s correlation was applied for examining the interrelationship between sex and biometric traits. The results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between live weight and body length beginning with the 2nd week. Therefore, zoometric measurement of these body traits is suitable for discriminating the sex of Japanese quails in early phase of life.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/1278 |
| spellingShingle | Tülin Çiçek Rathert İnan Güven Fatih Üçkardeş Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology |
| title | Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements |
| title_full | Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements |
| title_fullStr | Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements |
| title_short | Sex Determination of Japanese Quails (Coturnix Coturnix Japonica) using with Zoometric Measurements |
| title_sort | sex determination of japanese quails coturnix coturnix japonica using with zoometric measurements |
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