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Heat stress: effects on productive and reproductive performance of quail

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2017

M. ALAGAWANY ,
M.R. FARAG ,
M.E. ABD EL-HACK  and
A. PATRA
M. ALAGAWANY*
Affiliation:
Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
M.R. FARAG
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44511, Egypt
M.E. ABD EL-HACK
Affiliation:
Poultry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
A. PATRA
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Belgachia, Kolkata, India
*
Corresponding author: mmalagwany@zu.edu.eg
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Abstract

Animals experiencing thermal stress tend to reduce heat production by limiting feed intake, with subsequent detrimental impacts on productive performance and health status. Heat stress as an environmental stressor has been an important concern among researchers, poultry producers and scientists for many decades, especially in tropical (wet and hot round the year) and arid (dry and hot round the year) regions of the world. It has been implicated in adverse marked impacts on productive and reproductive performance of quail. Several studies have investigated the negative impacts of heat stress on quail production and it has been shown that heat stress adversely affects both productivity and welfare of birds. The deleterious impacts of heat stress on different quail breeds such as Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus), scaled quail (Callipepla californica) and Gambel's quail (Colinus gambelii) range from decreased body weight (7.7 to 13.2%), growth rate (11.0 to 14.5%), feed intake (6.1 to 21.6%), feed efficiency (4.3 to 8.6%), egg production (6.6 to 23.3%) and egg mass. Furthermore, the detrimental effects of heat stress on reproductive performance and welfare of quail have recently attracted awareness. However, further studies are required to increase the levels of information into basic mechanisms associated with the consequences of heat stress on quail. This review covers the published evidence available on the negative role of heat stress on growth performance, feed utilisation, egg production and mass, meat and egg quality and carcass traits as well as reproductive performance of quail.

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heat stressquailgrowthcarcassreproduction
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 747 - 756
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2017 

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