How dominance status of adult Japanese quail influences the viability and dominance status of their offspring

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 1885-1891 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Boag
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Dominance Status ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix ◽  
Clear Cut ◽  
Parental Stock ◽  
Males And Females

Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix) acquire an ability to dominate conspecifics of the same sex through inheritance and through experience during interactions with siblings of the same sex. The extent to which the former can mask the latter was investigated in both males and females of this species. The results suggest that when differences in dominance status of the parental stock are marked (winning >85% of interactions versus winning <25%) the ability to dominate, acquired through inheritance, overrides virtually all ability acquired through experience in the brood. All encounters among males were decisively won by young birds from dominant stock, whereas among females the results, although similar, were not as clear-cut. The production of young by the two parental stocks was compared; those of low dominance status produced both greater numbers of young as well as a significantly higher proportion surviving to adulthood.

Heritability of dominance status among Japanese quail: a preliminary report

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Boag ◽  
J. H. Alway
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Dominance Rank ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Dominance Status ◽  
High Dominance ◽  
Comparable Size

The extent to which the dominance status of adult Japanese quail influenced the ability of their offspring to dominate conspecifics of the same sex was investigated. Among broods in which the number of siblings of the same sex was three or less, parental dominance status was more important in predicting the outcome of postbrood interactions between strangers of the same sex than was the within-brood dominance rank of those chicks. Offspring of pairs in which both adults were of high dominance status won significantly more interactions than offspring, from broods of comparable size, produced by pairs in which both adults were of low dominance status.

Effect of social environment within the brood on dominance rank in gallinaceous birds (Tetraonidae and Phasianidae)

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Boag ◽  
J. H. Alway
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Dominance Rank ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Dominance Status ◽  
Red Grouse ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Mean

The effect of brood composition (number of siblings of the same sex) on the dominance status achieved by individual members of a brood, during postbrood interactions with conspecifics of the same sex, was investigated in red grouse and Japanese quail. In both species, the social environment provided by the brood appeared to influence the outcome of these interactions; the potential deviation of an individual's dominance rank from the mean was directly related to the number of broodmates of the same sex.

Effect of beta-Carotene Supplementation on Plasma and Yolk IgY Levels Induced by NDV Vaccination in Japanese Quail

2003 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiss ◽  
Bárdos ◽  
Szabó ◽  
Lengyel ◽  
Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin A ◽  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Adaptive Immune Response ◽  
Beta Carotene ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Commercial Diet ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix ◽  
Adaptive Immune ◽  
Group A ◽  
Higher Doses

Newly hatched Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) chicks were fed diets containing different levels of retinoids (vitamin A) or beta-carotene. Group A received a commercial diet containing 10000 IU vitamin A per kilogram. The diets of Groups B, C, and D contained no vitamin A but were supplemented with 1-, 2.5-, and 5-fold retinol equivalents of beta-carotene. Each group contained 16 quails in a 1:1 sex ratio. At 8 weeks of age the quails were immunized orally with Newcastle disease virus (NDV) vaccine according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. Boosters were given three times at two-week intervals. Blood samples were taken at two-week intervals until 14 weeks of age. The anti-NDV IgY titre was determined by a locally developed direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Groups A and B showed nearly the same antibody response. This indicates that the preformed vitamin A and the equivalent beta-carotene have the same immunomodulatory effect. Groups receiving higher doses of beta-carotene (Groups C and D) exhibited significantly higher plasma IgY levels compared to Groups A and B. The results indicate that elevated doses of beta-carotene have a slight effect on the adaptive immune response in Japanese quail.

Serum biochemical profiling in different varieties of Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica (Temminck and Schlegel, 1849)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1599-1607
Author(s):  
Kananbala Patra ◽  
Sujata Puspamitra ◽  
Aryadhara Das ◽  
Bandi K. Mallik ◽  
Prafulla K. Mohanty
Keyword(s):  
Japanese Quail ◽  
Coturnix Japonica ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix Japonica ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix ◽  
Serum Biochemical
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