title: Effect of brooding paper on the performance of bobwhite quail.
abstract: Three experiments were conducted to determine the response of bobwhite quail chicks when reared in pens with and without brooding paper. Half the chicks in each experiment was brooded Days 1 to 7 on brooding paper, which covered the litter within a brooder ring. The other half was brooded on either new or reused litter without paper. Results of all three experiments showed a consistent trend of higher 1-week body weights and lower cumulative 1 to 3 week mortality when birds were reared in pens without paper. Overall, no net performance advantages were found for rearing quail with brooding paper at the termination of the 3-week trials.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D003088:Colinus / Q000502:physiology*; D006799:Housing, Animal; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*