EFFECT OF HOUSING CONDITIONS ON PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE QUAIL (Coturnix coturnix japonica) UNDER COLD STRESS IN WINTER

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• H. A. Khalil ¹
• A. M. Hassanein ¹
• M. E. Mady ¹
• M. Gerken ²

¹ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Suez Canal, Ismailia, Egypt

² Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Goettingen, Albrecht Thaer Weg 3, 37075 Goettingen, Germany

Keywords

• Japanese quail
• cold stress
• light period
• egg production
• rectal temperature
• hematocrit value