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. 2021 Oct 13;101(1):101530. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101530

Table 3.

Impact of male-female cohabitation period on testicle and cloacal gland evaluation and carcass percentage of quails.

Traits Male-female cohabitation period
SEM P-value
Continuous Once Twice
Carcass (%) 72.64 74.32 74.78 1.08 0.3554
Testicle and cloacal gland evaluation
 Right testis weight (%) 1.59 1.69 1.66 0.103 0.7800
 Left testis weight (%) 1.46 1.49 1.76 0.12 0.2075
 Gonadosomatic index 3.05 3.18 3.42 0.211 0.4758
 Cloacal gland size (mm2) 287.62b 375.19a 395.70a 6.95 0.0001

Gonadosomatic index = Two testis (%).

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Means with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (P < 0.05).