Highways play a crucial role in economic development of any country. Besides this, highways are also one the causal agents wild life destruction. The present investigation was based on study mortality rate some selected animal groups road accidents viz., Mammals, Birds and Reptiles national state passing through Indian Thar Desert, survey biodiversity roadside fauna flora. focused effects popul...

The present study aimed at detection and species-level identification of the Malassezia yeasts in domestic animals and aquatic birds by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Samples were collected using tape strips and swabs from 471 animals including 97 horses, 102 cattle, 105 sheep, 20 camels, 60 dogs, 30 cats, 1 hamster, 1 squirrel, 50 aquatic birds a...

Abstract Millions of individuals two species non-native galliform birds, the Common Pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus ) and Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa are released into British countryside annually in late summer, supplementing established breeding populations these species. The biomass birds involved releases has been compared to bird biomass. However, validity this comparison is comprom...

The sudden shift from a commercial energy-rich, fiber-poor diet to natural food is assumed as one of the causes of the low success of gamebird restocking. We fed farmed red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) chicks with a diet rich in fiber from their first month of life to the time of their release to assess the possible effects on morphometric characteristics and plasma biochemistry and whethe...

Coccidiosis is a disease that limits the production and marketing of gallinaceous birds in North America, especially quails, pheasants and chukar partridges. Virtually no research has been conducted in South America on the causative agents of diseases among these birds, including coccidia. The aim of this work was to make first observations on Eimeria spp. in the chukar partridge Alectoris chuk...

Abstract European wild rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) and red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa are main small game species of conservation concern in Mediterranean ecosystems. To date, their presence boar’s Sus scrofa diet factors driving consumption have been little investigated. A genetic metabarcoding approach was used on 80 boar faeces collected from four hunting estates devoted to during ...

The goal of this review is to provide an overview of existing research on the environmental tenacity of avian influenza (AI) viruses, to identify gaps in our current understanding, and discuss how this information relates to AI control, eradication, and prevention. We are just beginning to understand the environmental factors that affect infectivity and the extent of variation in environmental ...

Within Galliformes, megapods (brush turkey, malleefowl, scrubfowl) exhibit unique forms of parental care and growth. Hatchlings receive no post-hatching parental care and exhibit the most exaggerated precocial development of all extant birds, hatching with fully developed, flight-capable forelimbs. Rather than flying up to safety, young birds preferentially employ wing-assisted incline running....

Many birds use carotenoid pigments to acquire rich red, orange, and yellow coloration in feathers and bare parts that is used as a signal of mate quality. Because carotenoids are derived from foods, much attention has been paid to the role of diet in generating color variation both within and among avian species. Less consideration has been given to physiological underpinnings of color variabil...