The effect of male/female ratios on fertility of quail during individual and group level mating

ABSTRACTMSc THESISTHE EFFECT OF MALE/FEMALE RATIOS ON FERTILITY OF QUAILDURING INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEVEL MATINGFizen YURDAKULDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCEINSTITUE OF NATUREL AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF ÇUKUROVASupervisor : Prof. Dr. A. Nazım ULUOCAKYear : 2006, Pages: 59Jury : Prof. Dr. A. Nazım ULUOCAKProf. Dr. Ahmet TESTİKProf. Dr. Abdurrahman POLATThe effect of different male/female ratios on fertil eggs efficency during themating of The Japanese quail breeder were studied. The study was made 5 times witha period of one week. Different male/female mating ratios were used on thisexperiments.Trial results for 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5 male/female ratios showed differencein terms of fertility (P < 0.05) at individual level. The higher fertility rates has beenseen at 1/1 and 1/ 4 ratios and secondly at 1/5 and 1/2 ratios . The lower fertiliy rateshas been seen at 1/3 ratios.Trial results for 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5 male/female ratios also showeddifferences in terms of fertility (P < 0.05) at group level. The higher fertility rate hasbeen seen at 1/2 and 1/1 ratios and descendengly at 1/3 , 1/4 and 1/5 ratios.In addition , the differences in the fertility of bye comparing the individual andthe groups of quials were also tested and there were no statistical difference. We havealso tested the differences of the fertility by comparing the individual and groups ofquails, according to this experiments we reached to statistical results as there is nodifferences (P > 0.05).Keywords: Quail, Fertility, Male/Female Ratios.II