Some Behavioral Traits of the Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) Rearing in Cages

dc.contributor.authorKarabayir, Ali
dc.contributor.authorTölü, Cemil
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:41:26Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIn this study, some behaviors of the Japanese quails, raised in cages, such as feeding (F), drinking (D), activation (A), lying (L), standing (S), feather pecking (FP) and aggressive pecking (AP) were observed once a week between 10:30 and 11:30 am. The behavioral observations for 20 quails were launched when the quails were 3 days of age and continued for 5 weeks. In the study, where the time-sampling method was applied, the behavioral traits observed once in every 5 min during a 4 h observation were recorded. The Japanese quails at the first 5 weeks of age displayed feeding and drinking behaviors most in the study. Activation and lying behaviors were observed at close frequencies whereas feather pecking and aggressive pecking behaviors occurred at rather low levels. The feeding behavior was observed 0.40 times more at a significant level in the 1st week than in the 5th week (p<0.01). The feeding behavior, which occurred at the highest level in the first week, had a descending course and was observed at the lowest level in the 5th week. It was observed that the feeding behavior in the other weeks was 0.36 times lower in the 2nd week, 0.31 times lower in the 3rd week and 0.19 times lower in the 4th week than in the 5th week. The feeding behavior was at an insignificant level between the first 3 weeks and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks. It was found out that the Japanese female quails displayed feeding behavior 0.22 times more at a significant level than the male quails (p<0.01).
dc.identifier.endpage1217
dc.identifier.issn1680-5593
dc.identifier.issn1993-601X
dc.identifier.issue10
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-53949120892
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage1214
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/24144
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000262562100008
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMedwell Online
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectQuail
dc.subjectfeeding
dc.subjectdrinking
dc.subjectlying
dc.subjectaggressive pecking
dc.titleSome Behavioral Traits of the Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) Rearing in Cages
dc.typeArticle

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