Effect of male to female ratios on reproduction of caged coturnix D1 breeders.
Two separate trials were conduced with Coturnix quail (D1 strain) to determine the effect of sex ratios on reproductive efficiency over five 28-day periods. Periods 1 to 3, 1 to 4, and 1 to 5 were analyzed for treatments which housed one male with either one, two, or three females to determine which ratio was the most efficient for a given period of time and for continued efficiency throughout the period analyzed. Results indicated that increasing the sex ratio up to one male to three females per cage had no significant detrimental effect on reproductive parameters and resulted in greater overall efficiency.
D000818:Animals; D003370:Coturnix / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011784:Quail / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal