Experiment 1: long-term dynamics of the response to thymol dietary supplementation and cyclic heat stress in female quail (Coturnix japonica)

Data corresponding to change in body weight and feed intake are presented as raw data in 2 excel files. Change was estimated as the difference between the measured value in days 4, 12 and 20 of experimental treatment and the value measured twelve days before experimental treatment began.<br><br>The headers of the columns represent the variable analyzed for each animal (rows). The first 5 columns prior to variable records correspond to animal identification, treatment group and sampling day. In the first column the animal identification number is stated, and in the second one the cage identification number in which two females were allocated is indicated. In the third and fourth columns the diet supplied (BASAL: basal diet; THY: basal diet supplemented with 6.25 g of thymol/kg of feed) and environmental temperature (NHS: standard environmental temperature of 23 °C; HS: increased environmental temperature of 34°C between 8 h to 17h) to which females were subjected are stated, respectively. The fifth column indicates the sampling day (-12 and -4: twelve and four days before experimental treatment began, respectively; 0: the day experimental treatment began; 4, 12 and 20: four, twelve and twenty days after experimental treatment began). In Table "Fernandez et al. 2020 Body Weight" the sixth column indicates de body weight of each female at each sampling day and the seventh column indicates change in body weight calculated as stated previously.In Table "Fernandez et al. 2020 Feed Intake" the sixth column indicates feed intake per female per day, the seventh column indicates accumulated feed intake (average) for the eight-day period coincident with body weight measurement, and the eighth column indicates change in feed intake calculated as stated previously.<br>