Genetic evaluation for egg production traits in Japanese quail | ||||
| Benha Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 20, Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2015, Page 178-185 PDF (245.77 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bvmj.2015.32733 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Eman A. Manaa1; Khairy M. El-Bayomi2; Gamal A. Sosa3 | ||||
| 1Department of animal wealth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University | ||||
| 2Department of animal wealth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University | ||||
| 3Department of Theriogenoology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The main objective of this work was to evaluate the means and genetic parameters for egg production traits of random population of Japanese quail including average egg weight, egg number and egg mass. The second generation had the highest significant value for egg numbers, egg weights and egg masses for most weeks from beginning egg production. All heritability estimates for egg numbers were high except values at first and third week of egg production in the second generation were low (0.09 and 0.003; respectively). All heritability estimates for egg weights were medium values except values for second week of egg production in the first generation was low (0.02). | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Japanese quail; Egg production; egg weight; egg number; Egg Mass; heritability | ||||
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