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Fearfulness and economic traits were studied in three lines of Japanese quail. Two of the lines were of the same genetic origin and were subjected to divergent selection for the duration of tonic immobility (TI), a measure of fearfulness. Birds were selected for long (LTI) or short (STI) duration of TI. The third line (DD) was of a different genetic origin and had been selected for early egg production. Fear, growth, residual feed intake, and measures of egg composition and production varied among lines. The distribution of TI in Line DD was closer to that from Line STI. Residual feed intake and shell content were lowest in the DD line. The DD birds laid more broken eggs than quail of the other lines. The STI line birds had higher BW and laid more, but smaller, eggs than LTI line birds. Eggs laid by LTI line birds had higher albumen content, but lower percentage shell, than those laid by STI line birds. When all traits were considered together, there was an overall tendency for STI line birds to out perform LTI birds with DD line birds showing intermediate performance. This finding supports the notion that there is a relationship between fearfulness and productivity. However, the skewed distribution of TI precluded estimation of correlation with production traits in the LTI and STI lines. No significant relationships among fear and production-related traits were found in the DD line, which contradicts the notion that fearfulness and production are related.
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