Sadjadi M, Becker W A
Poult Sci. 1980 Nov;59(11):2462-6. doi: 10.3382/ps.0592462.
Coturnix quail chicks were hatched from randomly selected eggs and grown to adulthood. Forty-two mated and 13 unmated females were killed at 107 days of age. Correlations between abdominal fat and fat measured at different locations (breast, thigh, crop collar) were high. Percentage thigh fat was 1.3 times that of breast fat. There was no difference (P greater than .05) between mated and unmated female quail for percentage fat and moisture content of breast muscle and skin and percentage fat content of thigh muscle. A highly significant difference was found for percentage fat and percentage moisture content of wet thigh skin between mated and unmated birds. The phenotypic correlation between percentage moisture and fat content in the breast muscle was -.76 and was -.94 in the breast skin in both mated and unmated females. Coturnix quail may be used as a pilot animal in body composition research provided due caution is taken because of the difference between species.
日本鹌鹑雏鸡由随机挑选的种蛋孵化而来，并饲养至成年。42只已交配和13只未交配的雌性鹌鹑在107日龄时被宰杀。腹部脂肪与不同部位（胸部、大腿、嗉囊）测得的脂肪之间的相关性很高。大腿脂肪百分比是胸部脂肪的1.3倍。已交配和未交配的雌性鹌鹑在胸肌和皮肤的脂肪百分比、水分含量以及大腿肌肉的脂肪百分比方面没有差异（P大于0.05）。已交配和未交配的鹌鹑在湿大腿皮肤的脂肪百分比和水分百分比方面存在极显著差异。在已交配和未交配的雌性鹌鹑中，胸肌的水分百分比与脂肪含量之间的表型相关性为-0.76，胸皮中的表型相关性为-0.94。由于物种差异，使用日本鹌鹑作为身体成分研究的实验动物时需谨慎，但它仍可作为实验动物。
