Up to date 2 species of Mallophaga have been reported from birds in Iran. Further studies in Tehran area showed that the wild birds harbour more lice. The following species of Mallophage are reported for the first time from birds in Iran. Anaticola crassicornis from Anas clypeata, Laemobothrion maximum from Falco tinnunculus Laemobothrion sp. from Aquila chrysaetos Alcedoecus annulatus from Alc...

Fifty game pheasants were kept to 8 weeks in confinement housing and later maintained outdoors in a partially roofed aviary. Pheasants received commercial feed mixtures ad libitum. Body weight and dimensions were determined every 4 weeks. Ten pheasants were selected for slaughter at the end of 18 and 20 weeks each. After slaughter, their heads, shanks, feathers, blood, inedible viscera and majo...

population management of exploited species requires information on absolute density and abundance through reliable survey methods. the baseline information is further needed for population dynamics studies and determination of conservation status. the current population size of pheasant is totally unknown, because there is no official attempt to estimate population size in previous years. in th...

Information about polyamines content in food is of great interest for many researches and dieticians. The reason for increasing interest is due to polyamines specific biological role, including participation in tumour growth. In the study the content of polyamines (spermine and spermidine) in the breast and thigh muscles of selected feathered game, killed in a way typical for used farming metho...

To evaluate the mechanisms responsible for relationships between body mass and maximum take-off performance in birds, we studied four species in the Phasianidae: northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), chukar (Alectoris chukar), ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) and wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). These species vary in body mass from 0.2 to 5.3 kg, and they use flight almost solely...