Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The study investigated the effect of Separate-sex rearing of slaughter quail on serum corticosterone level. 21 Day-old Japanese quail chicks were divided into three treatment groups; a group of mixed-gender and two single-sex groups, one male and one female. At 42 days old 20 blood sample (5 from each group, while in mixed group 10 blood samples were taken from 5 females + 5 males) was collected to determine the corticosterone levels. Results revealed that, males group had a significantly (p<0.05) higher serum corticosterone level (19.48 ng/ml) than females (13.16 ng/ml) or mixed groups (12.09 and 12.99 ng/ml in females and males, respectively).
Institution: Assiut University
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W198061433