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Indian Journal of
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Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 42 issue 4 (december 2008) : 248-252

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

B. Punya Kumari1, B. Ramesh Gupta, A. Rajasekhar Reddy2, M. Gnana Prakash, 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.

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    13. h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE h2 SE
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    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
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