Fertility is fundamental to reproductive success, but not all copulation attempts result in a
fertilized embryo. Fertilization failure is especially costly for females, but we still lack a clear …

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal to which humans are exposed both occupationally and
environmentally. For many years cadmium has been understood as a toxic element to …

Birds accumulate cadmium in their tissues, primarily through their diets. This chapter
considers the following major topics: uptake and elimination, metallothionein induction …

Japanese quail is an increasingly important bird of economic importance for commercial egg
and meat production, particularly in developing countries. There is a need for research …

In this study, we identified cadmium (Cd) as a potential endocrine disruptor that impairs
laying performance, egg quality, and eggshell deposition and induces oxidative stress and …

ABSTRACT This study used 300 1-day-old, sexless, developing chicks of Japanese quail to
estimate the ability of vitamin C and/or garlic to antagonize the venomous influence of …

This study was conducted to verify whether vitamin (Vit) E or natural clay as feed additives
has the potential to modulate the deleterious effects resulting from exposure to cadmium …

ABSTRACT A progressively essential bird of high economic significance for meat production
and commercial egg is the Japanese quail, and so more experiments are necessary to …

In this study the effect of cadmium, cadmium+ selenium and cadmium+ zinc administration
on the ovarian structure in Japanese quails was studied. The morphometric analysis of the …

Simple Summary The present study aimed to evaluate the impacts of ascorbic acid and clay
supplementation on laying Japanese quail fed diets polluted by various levels of cadmium …