QUAIL HAVEN RESEEDING SOYBEAN (GLYCINE SOJA) AS A FOOD FOR BOBWHITE QUAIL

Quail Haven (Glycine soja), a reseeding, vining soybean, has potential for use as a planted foodstuff for wildlife in the southeastern U.S., especially upland gamebirds such as the bobwhite. The objective of th is study was to determine the suitability of Quail Haven as a food for bobwhite. Quail Haven soybeans were ground and, without heating, subs tituted for commercial soybean meal at various levels in the diet of b obwhite chicks from 1 to 35 days of age. Feeding increasing levels of Quail Haven reduced growth but did not affect mortality of bobwhite ch icks. Feeding the unheated Quail Haven increased chick pancreas weight , indicating the presence of trypsin (proteinase) inhibitors.