Effects of recessive white plumage colour mutation on hatchability and growth of quail hatched from breeders of different ages

Petek M., Ozen Y., Karakas E.

BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE, vol.45, no.6, pp.769-774, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 45 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/0071660412331336752
  • Journal Name: BRITISH POULTRY SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.769-774
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

1. A total of 1200 eggs were obtained from two pure line stocks of 'wild' and 'recessive white' quail of the Pharaoh strain (Coturnix coturnix Pharaoh), with two different breeder ages (17 or 34 weeks). The recessive white line was derived from mutant birds, which appeared spontaneously within the wildtype quail colony.