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volume 42 issue 4 (december 2008) : 248-252

GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE QUAILS* (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA)

B
B. Punya Kumari1
B
B. Ramesh Gupta
A
A. Rajasekhar Reddy2
M
M. Gnana Prakash
K
K. Sudhakar Reddy3
1Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India

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Cite article:- Kumari1 Punya B., Gupta Ramesh B., Reddy2 Rajasekhar A., Prakash Gnana M., Reddy3 Sudhakar K. (2025). GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE QUAILS* (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA). Indian Journal of Animal Research. 42(4): 248-252. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Data on 164 Japanese quails were utilized to study the effect of strains, hatches and sex of
chicks on pre-slaughter weight and weights of carcass after bleeding, dressed carcass, eviscerated
carcass, inedible and edible offals and various carcass cuts. The Black strain was superior to Brown
for all the characters except the breast weight. Significant hatch effect was observed for the preslaughter
weight, dressed weight, eviscerated carcass, inedible offals, heart and gizzard. The
sexual dimorphism was not evident for any of the characters studied, except pre-slaughter weight.
Majority of the carcass traits were medium to highly heritable.

KEYWORDS

    REFERENCES

    1. Becker, W.A. (1985). Manual of Quantitative Genetics, Program in Genetics, Washington State University.
    2. Brah, G.S. et al. (1998). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 33:303-308.
    3. Damme, K and Aumann, J. (1992). Proc. 19th World Poultry Congress, 3:371-374.
    4. Dhaliwal, S.K. et al. (2004). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 39:112-119.
    5. El Full, E.A. (2000). Egyptian J. Poultry Sci., 20:649-661.
    6. Harvey, W.R. (1979). Least-square Analysis of Data with Unequal Sub-class Numbers. ARS, USDA, Washington, DC.
    7. Kawahara, T. and Saito, K. (1976). Poultry Sci., 55:1247-1252.
    8. Kirmizibayrak, T. and Altinel, A. (2001). British Poultry Sci., 41:41-45.
    9. Kramer, C.Y. (1957). Biometrics, 13:13-18.
    10. Table 2. Estimates of heritabilities of carcass characteristics of Black and Brown Japanese quails
    11. Black Brown
    12. Males Females Males Females
    13. h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE
    14. Pre-slaughter weight @ - -0.09 - 0.35 0.07 -0.07 -
    15. Dressed carcass weight 0.86 0.10 $ - $ - @ -
    16. Total Inedible offals : 0.58 0.10 0.86 0.11 0.78 0.08 0.05 0.11
    17. Head 0.26 0.09 0.84 0.11 0.71 0.08 $ -
    18. Skin with feathers 0.79 0.10 0.47 0.10 0.34 0.07 0.15 0.12
    19. Feet 0.55 0.10 $ - 0.99 0.09 $ -
    20. Total Giblets : @ - $ - @ - $ -
    21. Heart 0.72 0.10 0.05 0.09 $ - 0.01 0.11
    22. Liver 0.36 0.09 0.88 0.11 $ - $ -
    23. Gizzard @ - $ - $ - $ -
    24. Carcass cuts :
    25. Wings 0.33 0.09 $ - $ - $ -
    26. Neck $ - 0.31 0.09 $ - $ -
    27. Legs 0.44 0.09 0.49 0.10 $ - $ -
    28. Thighs 0.51 0.09 0.44 0.10 $ - $ -
    29. Drumsticks 0.24 0.09 0.44 0.10 $ - $ -
    30. Breast $ - 0.39 0.10 $ - $ -
    31. Back $ - @ - $ - $ -
    32. @ More than unity
    33. $ Not estimable due to negative component of sire variance
    34. 252 INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL RESEARCH
    35. Mandal, K.G. et al. (1993). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 28:262-264.
    36. Minvielle, F. et al. (2000). British Poultry Sci., 41:41-45.
    37. Oguz, I. et al. (1996). British Poultry Sci., 37:579-588.
    38. Oguz, I. et al. (1999). J. Appl. Animal Res., 15:175-180.
    39. Prado-Gonzalez, E.A. et al. (2003). Livestock Res. Rural Dev., 15:1-7.
    40. Sreenivasulu, R. (1997). M.V.Sc. Thesis., Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
    41. Toelle, V.D. et al. (1991). Poultry Sci. 70:1679-1688.
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      volume 42 issue 4 (december 2008) : 248-252

      GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE QUAILS* (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA)

      B
      B. Punya Kumari1
      B
      B. Ramesh Gupta
      A
      A. Rajasekhar Reddy2
      M
      M. Gnana Prakash
      K
      K. Sudhakar Reddy3
      1Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500 030, India

      • Submitted|

      • First Online |

      • doi

      Cite article:- Kumari1 Punya B., Gupta Ramesh B., Reddy2 Rajasekhar A., Prakash Gnana M., Reddy3 Sudhakar K. (2025). GENETIC AND NON-GENETIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF JAPANESE QUAILS* (COTURNIX COTURNIX JAPONICA). Indian Journal of Animal Research. 42(4): 248-252. doi: .

      ABSTRACT

      Data on 164 Japanese quails were utilized to study the effect of strains, hatches and sex of
      chicks on pre-slaughter weight and weights of carcass after bleeding, dressed carcass, eviscerated
      carcass, inedible and edible offals and various carcass cuts. The Black strain was superior to Brown
      for all the characters except the breast weight. Significant hatch effect was observed for the preslaughter
      weight, dressed weight, eviscerated carcass, inedible offals, heart and gizzard. The
      sexual dimorphism was not evident for any of the characters studied, except pre-slaughter weight.
      Majority of the carcass traits were medium to highly heritable.

      KEYWORDS

        REFERENCES

        1. Becker, W.A. (1985). Manual of Quantitative Genetics, Program in Genetics, Washington State University.
        2. Brah, G.S. et al. (1998). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 33:303-308.
        3. Damme, K and Aumann, J. (1992). Proc. 19th World Poultry Congress, 3:371-374.
        4. Dhaliwal, S.K. et al. (2004). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 39:112-119.
        5. El Full, E.A. (2000). Egyptian J. Poultry Sci., 20:649-661.
        6. Harvey, W.R. (1979). Least-square Analysis of Data with Unequal Sub-class Numbers. ARS, USDA, Washington, DC.
        7. Kawahara, T. and Saito, K. (1976). Poultry Sci., 55:1247-1252.
        8. Kirmizibayrak, T. and Altinel, A. (2001). British Poultry Sci., 41:41-45.
        9. Kramer, C.Y. (1957). Biometrics, 13:13-18.
        10. Table 2. Estimates of heritabilities of carcass characteristics of Black and Brown Japanese quails
        11. Black Brown
        12. Males Females Males Females
        13. h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE
        14. Pre-slaughter weight @ - -0.09 - 0.35 0.07 -0.07 -
        15. Dressed carcass weight 0.86 0.10 $ - $ - @ -
        16. Total Inedible offals : 0.58 0.10 0.86 0.11 0.78 0.08 0.05 0.11
        17. Head 0.26 0.09 0.84 0.11 0.71 0.08 $ -
        18. Skin with feathers 0.79 0.10 0.47 0.10 0.34 0.07 0.15 0.12
        19. Feet 0.55 0.10 $ - 0.99 0.09 $ -
        20. Total Giblets : @ - $ - @ - $ -
        21. Heart 0.72 0.10 0.05 0.09 $ - 0.01 0.11
        22. Liver 0.36 0.09 0.88 0.11 $ - $ -
        23. Gizzard @ - $ - $ - $ -
        24. Carcass cuts :
        25. Wings 0.33 0.09 $ - $ - $ -
        26. Neck $ - 0.31 0.09 $ - $ -
        27. Legs 0.44 0.09 0.49 0.10 $ - $ -
        28. Thighs 0.51 0.09 0.44 0.10 $ - $ -
        29. Drumsticks 0.24 0.09 0.44 0.10 $ - $ -
        30. Breast $ - 0.39 0.10 $ - $ -
        31. Back $ - @ - $ - $ -
        32. @ More than unity
        33. $ Not estimable due to negative component of sire variance
        34. 252 INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL RESEARCH
        35. Mandal, K.G. et al. (1993). Indian J. Poultry Sci., 28:262-264.
        36. Minvielle, F. et al. (2000). British Poultry Sci., 41:41-45.
        37. Oguz, I. et al. (1996). British Poultry Sci., 37:579-588.
        38. Oguz, I. et al. (1999). J. Appl. Animal Res., 15:175-180.
        39. Prado-Gonzalez, E.A. et al. (2003). Livestock Res. Rural Dev., 15:1-7.
        40. Sreenivasulu, R. (1997). M.V.Sc. Thesis., Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
        41. Toelle, V.D. et al. (1991). Poultry Sci. 70:1679-1688.
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