Studies on the Nutrition of Pheasant Chicks

Lysine, Methionine and Glycine Requirements of Japanese Quail to Five Weeks of Age

“…Scott et al (1963) showed the total sulfur amino acid requirements of Bobwhite quail and Ringneck pheasants to be 3.66% of the protein in a practical corn-soybean meal diet. Scott and Reynolds (1949) found in studies with pheasant chicks that the glycine requirement was met in a basal diet containing 1.7% glycine and 29.1% protein.…”

Calcium Requirement of the Pheasant Chick

“…Skoglund (1940) apparently was the first researcher to investigate the dietary calcium requirement of the Ring-necked pheasant. According to Scott and Reynolds (1949), Skoglund (1940) concluded that best results are obtained with dietary levels of about 1.5 percent calcium and about 1.0 percent phosphorus. Scott et al (1958) suggested that in view of their research on the calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D requirements of young pheasants up to five weeks of age, the minimum calcium re-quirement for normal bone ash lies between 0.93 and 1.33 percent of the diet.…”