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Table 3.

Impact of continuous and intermittent thermal stress on the productive performance of quails.

Traits	First group (control)	Second group (CTS/39.5°C)	Third group (ITS/39.5°C)	SEM	P-value
Chick weight at hatch (g)	8.13^a	7.97^a	8.19^a	0.104	0.3288
Body weight (5 wk)	261.58^a	247.10^b	256.57^a	2.154	0.0001
Total weight gain (g)	253.45^a	239.14^b	248.38^a	2.157	0.0001
Daily weight gain (g)	7.24^a	6.83^b	7.10^a	0.062	0.0001
Total feed intake (g)	783.81^a	747.96^b	760.96^c	2.875	0.0001
Daily feed intake (g)	22.39^a	21.37^c	21.74^b	0.082	0.0001
Feed conversion ratio	3.11^a	3.16^a	3.10^a	0.033	0.4153
ASM (d)	36.05^a	34.75^b	35.112^a	0.314	0.0174
BWSM (g)	281.56^a	267.89^b	275.73^a,b	3.261	0.0198
Weight of first egg (g)	10.48^a	9.80^a	9.90^a	0.3548	0.3485

^a,bMeans with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).

Abbreviations: ASM (d), age at sexual maturity; BWSM (g), body weight at sexual maturity; CTS, continuous thermal stress; CW (g), chick weight; ITS, intermittent thermal stress.