Ahmed Sultan JATOI, Abdul Waheed SAHOTA, Yassar ABBAS, Amjad Hussain MIRANI, Hafz Muhammad ISHAQ, Khalid JAVED, Muhammad Hayat JASPAL, Jibran HUSSAIN, Shahid MEHMOOD, Muhammad AKRAM

The effect of diferent body weight categories on plasma macromineral levels in four close-bred focks of adult Japanese quails ( Coturnix coturnix japonica )

The present study was conducted to investigate plasma macrominerals (Ca, P, Na, K, and Mg) in adult male and female quailsaccording to diferent body weights in four close-bred focks of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica ) maintained at the AvianResearch and Training Center of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. Te results showed that mean plasma Naconcentration was signifcantly (P < 0.05) diferent in female quails with respect to body size categories. Te interaction between focksand body size for plasma Ca levels was signifcant (P < 0.05) in both sexes of quails, whereas plasma Na was signifcant (P < 0.05) infemale quails. Te mean plasma P and K levels in imported and local focks of Japanese quails were signifcantly (P < 0.05) diferent infemale quails, whereas plasma Mg was signifcantly (P < 0.05) diferent in male quails. However, with respect to body size categories,plasma P, K, and Mg were signifcantly (P < 0.05) diferent in female quails only. Te interaction between focks and body size wassignifcant for K and P in female quails and for plasma Mg levels in both sexes of quails.

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