A Review of the Last Decade (1994-2004) of Quail Studies in Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2006
Yazarlar: İsmail Oğuz, Mustafa Akşit, Muhammet Çınar, Demir Özdemir, Özge Altan
DergiPark (Istanbul University), Uluslararası, 2006, cilt 47
Özet
Quails were first imported from Europe and then bred in Turkey for scientific and commercial purposes virtually 50 years later than the initiation of quail breeding for intensive purposes in Japan.Having been utilized as model animals in universities, the quail attracted the attention of consumers with its poultry and eggs leading to the foundation of quail breeding farms.While only a few researchers paid particular attention to quail breeding as model animals as well as commercial production at first, with a low feed consumption level and short generation interval, it soon became a model animal to be studied scientifically for many researchers with limited research facilities.This particular study aims to outline the researcher profile and potential in order to build up prospective policies by disclosing the number of scientific studies on quails, which are becoming a popular issue for study recently.With this study, a nominal inventory of the scientific studies on nutrition, management, breeding, physiology, health and other related areas in regard to quail breeding published in national and international journals and meetings like congresses, symposiums etc. between 1994 and 2004 was made filing them according to the particular field of study.Despite the fact that the number of studies couldn't maintain a stable ascending line during those years, it was proved that the studies presented in journals and meetings illustrated a steady rise in time.The number of articles in the journals listed in the Web of Knowledge was 1378 between 1994-2004, while, in Turkey, it was 130 in the same interval of time showing that scientific studies produced by Turkish scholars comprised 9.43 % of those produced in total.However, only in 2004, the number of articles on quails published in journals listed in the web of knowledge written by Turkish scholars comprised 42.30 % of total number of articles published, which points up a significant rise.Therefore, it is highly suggested to encourage those working in the field and poultry breeders as well so that they can subsidize researches and increase their productive capacity by bringing in some quality studs.