Keywords
Legal Status
Farming
Domestic Bird
Indian Poultry Industry.
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Abstract
In the Indian bird and poultry markets, the Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica is probably the most commonly traded Galliformes, apart from the domestic chicken. Apart from the normal coloration of birds similar to their wild counterparts, white, fawn, and pied mutations varieties are also sold in considerable numbers. However, its legal status in the trade has been questioned from time to time. In this paper, we discuss the ornithological and avicultural aspects of Japanese Quail with regard to its (wild) population status and the legal aspects of its occurrence in the Indian poultry industry in IndiaReferences
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