Letter to Editor

Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica)

Volume: 60 Number: 2 June 1, 2013
  • Fatih Atasoy
  • Evren Erdem
  • Özlem Gücüyener Hacan
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Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara. The study was conducted with 199 pigeons (including 108 males and 91 female) reared in five different enterprises in 2011. Pigeons were examined in some morphological parameters (coat color, marking, head type, eye color, rough footed, the number of wing and tail flight feathers, typical feathering form on the head) and morphometric measurements (body weight and length, trunk length, wing span and length, tail length, thoracic perimeter, chest width and depth, head length and width, bill length and depth, tarsus diameter). The average body weights for male and female pigeons were found to be 328.49 and 314.75 g respectively. The effect of the age on the body length, wing span and length, tail length, beak depth and the effect of the gender on the body weight, body length, wing span and length, thoracic perimeter, chest width, head length and width, bill depth were found to be significant. In conclusion, the growth of the pigeon was completed until the end of the first year of the age while the feathers were continued to develop with grown old. The average of body weight and body morphometric characteristics in male groups was found to be higher than the females. In general body weight and body morphometric characteristics of Ankara Tumbler pigeons were found to be similar or slightly higher values than the other pigeon genotypes

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Veterinary Surgery

Journal Section

Letter to Editor

Authors

Fatih Atasoy This is me

Evren Erdem This is me

Özlem Gücüyener Hacan This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2013

Submission Date

June 1, 2013

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2013 Volume: 60 Number: 2

APA
Atasoy, F., Erdem, E., & Hacan, Ö. G. (2013). Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica). Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 60(2), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567
AMA
1.Atasoy F, Erdem E, Hacan ÖG. Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica). Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2013;60(2):135-143. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567
Chicago
Atasoy, Fatih, Evren Erdem, and Özlem Gücüyener Hacan. 2013. “Determination of Morphological Characteristics of Tumbler Pigeons in Province of Ankara (Columba Livia Domestica)”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 60 (2): 135-43. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567.
EndNote
Atasoy F, Erdem E, Hacan ÖG (June 1, 2013) Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica). Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 60 2 135–143.
IEEE
[1]F. Atasoy, E. Erdem, and Ö. G. Hacan, “Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica)”, Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 135–143, June 2013, doi: 10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567.
ISNAD
Atasoy, Fatih - Erdem, Evren - Hacan, Özlem Gücüyener. “Determination of Morphological Characteristics of Tumbler Pigeons in Province of Ankara (Columba Livia Domestica)”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 60/2 (June 1, 2013): 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567.
JAMA
1.Atasoy F, Erdem E, Hacan ÖG. Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica). Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2013;60:135–143.
MLA
Atasoy, Fatih, et al. “Determination of Morphological Characteristics of Tumbler Pigeons in Province of Ankara (Columba Livia Domestica)”. Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 60, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 135-43, doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Atasoy, Evren Erdem, Özlem Gücüyener Hacan. Determination of morphological characteristics of tumbler pigeons in province of Ankara (Columba livia domestica). Ankara Univ Vet Fak Derg. 2013 Jun. 1;60(2):135-43. doi:10.1501/Vetfak_0000002567

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