Gross morphological studies on ovaries of Punjab white quail

Abstract

Quail females begin to lay eggs at the age of 45days and the peak of egg production is attained at 5month of age.7 The short life cycle, the high fecundity and adaptability to life in cages, the low maintenance cost, and the easy ways to raise and handle it, make the quail an ideal model for research. In comparative studies between chicken and Japanese quail, the latter gives an annual egg mass production twenty times higher than the female adult body weight, while it is only ten times in hen.8