Columba livia
ANTIOXIDANT, ANTIBACTERIAL AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITIES OF CISSUS REPENDA VAHL ON CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (CCL4) INDUCED LIVER DAMAGE IN BIRD COLUMBA LIVIA
... The Cissus rependa Vahl belongs to the family Vitaceae is a perennial climber generally grow wild in swamp forest and its tendered leaf is used popularly as traditional vegetable by various tribes of upper Assam and ...
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Kinematics and power requirements of ascending and descending flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)
... Ascending or descending locomotion involves a change in potential energy ( PE ) and a corresponding change in power requirement. We sought to test whether the mechanical power required for steady ascending or descending ...
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Successful Surgical Ablation of Coelomic Granuloma in Pigeon (Columba livia)
... A 4-year-old male homer pigeon (Columba livia) in a flock of 20 pigeons was referred to Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The pigeon suffered ...
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Effect of ACES on Chemical Constituents of Feathers of Pigeon (Columba livia)
... (Columba livia) were taken and analyzed for sodium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, protein and amino acids before the administration of four ACES antioxidant vitamins A, C,E ...
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Digital dissection of the head of the rock dove (Columba livia) using contrast-enhanced computed tomography
... of Columba livia are less extensive that those of some other columbiform taxa [25, 30, 40] and this might reflect feeding behaviour related to dietary ...C. livia are more similar to that of the ...
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A single nucleotide polymorphism in exon 3 of the myostatin gene in different breeds of domestic pigeon (Columba livia var domestica) 32
... ABSTRACT: Myostatin is considered to be one of the most powerful negative regulators of muscle growth. The lack of a functional myostatin (MSTN) or its mutation can result in uncommon musculature like “double-muscling” ...
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Functional morphology of the vanes of the flight feathers of the pigeon Columba livia
... The functional morphology of feather vanes was examined by combining morphological examination with mechanical tests. A geometrical model was derived which related the in-plane behaviour of the vane to the orientation of ...
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Muscle function during takeoff and landing flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)
... This study explored the muscle strain and activation patterns of several key flight muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) during takeoff and landing flight. Using electromyography (EMG) to measure muscle ...
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Specialized primary feathers produce tonal sounds during flight in rock pigeons (Columba livia)
... Fig. 5. Take-off flights of a captive rock pigeon ( Columba livia ) in response to a pursuing researcher. Data shown are (A) before and (B) after a fixative was applied to the outermost primary feather ...
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TAIL MUSCLE ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN WALKING AND FLYING PIGEONS (COLUMBA LIVIA)
... The electrical activity of major caudal muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) was recorded during five modes of aerial and terrestrial locomotion. Tail muscle electromyograms were correlated with movement ...
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Wing and body kinematics of takeoff and landing flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)
... Takeoff and landing are critical phases in a flight. To better understand the functional importance of the kinematic adjustments birds use to execute these flight modes, we studied the wing and body movements of pigeons ...
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Homing pigeons (Columba livia) modulate wingbeat characteristics as a function of route familiarity
... ( Columba livia Gmelin 1789) are an ideal model species for studies investigating flight characteristics in relation to navigational knowledge because of their innate homing ability, amenability to ...
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Long flights and age affect oxidative status of homing pigeons (Columba livia)
... Flying is an energy demanding activity that imposes several physiological challenges on birds, such as increase in energy expenditure. Evidence from sports medicine shows that exhausting exercise may cause oxidative ...
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BIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF KERATIN NANOPARTICLES FROM DOVE FEATHER (COLUMBA LIVIA) AND ITS APPLICATIONS
... Vol 12, Issue 10, 2019 Online 2455 3891 Print 0974 2441 BIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS OF KERATIN NANOPARTICLES FROM DOVE FEATHER (COLUMBA LIVIA) AND ITS APPLICATIONS NANTHAVANAN P, KANDASAMY ARUNGANDHI*, SUNMA[.] ...
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Influence of the behavioural context on the optocollic reflex (OCR) in pigeons (Columba livia)
... The fact that dynamic properties of the slow and fast phases of the OCR are increased in the high velocity range of visual stimuli when pigeons are in the ‘flying condition’ reveals a ph[r] ...
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THE HYBRID-SUBSTANCE OF THE ERYTHROCYTES OF THE HYBRIDS BETWEEN COLUMBA LIVIA AND STREPTOPELIA RISORIA
... As is shown in table 3, cells from both homozygous (C/C) and heterozygous ( C l c l ) , backcross hybrids of guinea X livia reacted with reagent for the hybrid-substance[r] ...
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Screening for several potential pathogens in feral pigeons (Columba livia) in Madrid
... Background: Pathogens with the zoonotic potential to infect humans, such as Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Chlamydophila psittaci , can be found in feral pigeons ( Col[r] ...
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Nutrient availability and body composition of semi scavenging giribaz pigeon (Columba livia)
... Considering the above facts and circumstances, the present study was conducted to know the available feed nutrients in crop and gizzard contents of Giribaz pigeon reared under semi scave[r] ...
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Tenectomy of the supracoracoideus muscle to deflight pigeons (Columba livia) and cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)
... Abstract: Most of the methods used to deflight birds have one or more disadvantages, including impermanence, poor cosmetic appearance, or impairment of breeding function. We hypothesized that transection of the tendon of ...
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Cutaneous blood flow in the pigeon Columba livia: its possible relevance to cutaneous water evaporation
... Accepted 20 May 2002 Summary The heat-acclimated rock pigeon is thought to use Injection of clonidine resulted in a significant decrease in cutaneous water evaporation CWE as the ‘prefer[r] ...
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