A research team from Kirkuk University and the Agricultural Research Directorate publishes research on the Azolla plant and its effect on quail birds.

A research team, composed of Assistant Professor Dr. Qana Hussein Amin, Lecturer Dr. Samira Hussein Amin, and Assistant Lecturer Ahmed Ghafour Bakr, from the College of Agriculture, University of Kirkuk, and Dr. Ahmed Sami Shaker from the Directorate of Agricultural Research - Sulaymaniyah, published a joint research in an Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences. , which is classified within Scopus containers. The researchers explained that the study examined the effect of adding different percentages of Azolla plant powder to Japanese quail diets on the characteristics of the carcass and some blood characteristics. The researchers stated that the study concluded that adding 4% Azolla powder to quail diets led to a significant increase in body weight and carcass weight compared to other treatments.