Body weight

Early Prenatal Stress Increases Body Weight and Reduces Nociception in Adult Male Rats

A.O. Afolabi, I. A. Alagbonsi & O. D. Oke · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2014

Aims: Behavioral responses of 3-month-old male pups from female Wistar rats exposed to daily 1 hour or 3 hour restraint stress during the first 7 days of pregnancy were studied by tail flick and formalin test. Methodology: Eighteen mature virgin female albino rats (140g-160g) wer...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/6095

Genetic Improvement for Body Weight of Japanese Quail

Sheida Varkoohi & Keyomars Kaviani · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2013

Aims: The small size of quail is a limited factor in many countries, because there is not a general consumption culture according to such products, so increase in the size of quail products is a necessity for such countries. In current study, selection for Japanese quail body wei...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARRB/2014/5281