The effect of vitamin (C) and heat stress on fertility and hatchability of Japanese quail


Abstract in English

This experiment was conducted at Kharabo farm, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Damascus. A total of 252 chicks of Japanese quail breeder females were distributed on the first day of life into two groups, Gicks in G1 were reared from 1-28 days of age under ideal required temperature according to their age, while chicks in G2, were subjected to heat stress from 8 am to 5 pm at 42 °C from the first day of hatching until 28 day of age and to the ideal required temperature from 5 pm until 8 am. Chicks of each group were distributed into three subgroups, with three replicates per subgroup.

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