Determination of the Morphological Characteristics of Scandaroon Pigeon Grown in the Central of Hatay Province (Columba livia domestica)

Abstract

Scandaroon pigeon know at the southeast and Hatay region in Turkey and is commonly raised in this area. This genotypewhich has different color varieties, has been cultivated by local people for centuries.This research was carried out in order to determine some morphological characteristics of scandaroon pigeons grown in the central of Hatay province.The study was conducted on a total of 224 pigeons (122 males and 102 females) reared in six different enterprises in 2016. Some morphological characteristics of pigeons were examined as coat color, marking, eye color, the number of wing and tail flight feathers. However, as a body morphometric characteristics; body weigth and length, trunk length, wing span and length, tail length, thoracic perimeter, chest width and depth, head length and width, beak length and depth, tarsus diameter were measured. In conclusion, in this study body weight and body morphological characteristics were found to be high in males and gender and age were effective on body characteristics

Keywords

• Body morphometric characteristics,Morphological characteristics,Scandaroon

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