Chukar partridge raising is a profitable business. New feed additives of plant origin may be an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. This study was carried out to determine the effect of different levels of Pistacia atlantica oil on performance and pathological conditions in chukar partridge. One-day-old chukar partridge chicks were assigned to three dietary treatments of 40 birds each. ...

Introduction: There are differences in the pattern of the knee joint formation of the studied species. According to the small number of studies which focused chronologically on the avian knee histomorphogenetic events, its “morphogenetic pattern” is hard to be proposed. The present work was designed to identify the sequential events of the knee formation in the partridge embryo. Regarding to di...

Introduction: Phasianidae is a non-migratory group of birds belonged to partridges family. One of the well-known species of partridge is Alectoris chukar, which is a medium-sized bird, larger than quails and smaller than pheasants. They are native to Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East and belong to the category of gallinaceous birds. Understanding the physiology and immunology of the lymp...

An experimental infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) and low pathogenic avian influenza virus (LPAIV) was carried out in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) in order to study clinical signs, gross and microscopic lesions, and viral distribution in tissues and viral shedding. Birds were infected with a HPAIV subtype H7N1 (A/Chicken/Italy/5093/1999) and a LPAIV subtyp...

BACKGROUND Indigenous peoples have traditionally relied on foods hunted and gathered from their immediate environment. The Eastern James Bay Cree people consume wild game and birds, and these are believed to provide health as well as cultural benefits. OBJECTIVE To determine the fatty acid (FA) composition of traditional game and bird meats hunted in the Eastern James Bay area. DESIGN Harve...

We used the partially sequenced genomes of the turkey and chicken to find a large number of microsatellite markers. We then characterized 10 polymorphic microsatellite markers developed by cross-species amplification from economically and ecologically important birds to various European sub-species of the grey partridge. Even though we used cross-species amplification, a high degree of polymorp...

chukar partridge raising is a profitable business. new feed additives of plant origin may be an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters. this study was carried out to determine the effect of different levels of pistacia atlantica oil on performance and pathological conditions in chukar partridge. one-day-old chukar partridge chicks were assigned to three dietary treatments of 40 birds each. ...

infectious agents cause disease in virtually any susceptible hosts. in the poultry production and medicine, pathogens were eliminated from a line of a breeder by injection of antibiotics into hatching eggs. there is little information available describing the safety of the folate antimetabolite/sulfonamide class of antibiotics on the game birds embryonated eggs. the objective of this study was ...

introduction: there are differences in the pattern of the knee joint formation of the studied species. according to the small number of studies which focused chronologically on the avian knee histomorphogenetic events, its “morphogenetic pattern” is hard to be proposed. the present work was designed to identify the sequential events of the knee formation in the partridge embryo. regarding to di...