A descriptive study of the partridge bird in the Green Mountain region of Libya

Tarek A. S.  Altief; Raiqa A. Saeid; Salem A.  Amaizik

doi:10.54172/n5r61847

Authors

Tarek A. S. Altief Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya Author
Raiqa A. Saeid Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya Author
Salem A. Amaizik Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Libya Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54172/n5r61847

Keywords:

partridge, blood, blood biochemistry, External Measurements, Viscera

Abstract

This study was on the Barbary partridge found in the Jabal Al Akhdar region / Cyrenaica / Libya, (8) birds were captured, 4 males and 4 females, their estimated age (25 months). Body weight, body length, tail length and claw leg length were non-significantly increased in males. The distance between the tips of the wings was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in males. Beak length was non-significantly longer in females. The weight of the viscera in females was significantly higher (P < 0.05). The weight of the liver and gizzard of females was non-significantly higher. Heart weight in males is high without significance. The weight of the crop, glandular stomach and intestine was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in females. Red and white blood cells, hemoglobin, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, platelets, glucose, calcium, magnesium, alkaline phosphatase, GOT, and LDL were elevated in females without significance. The urea concentration of males was significantly higher (P < 0.05). Triglycerides and VLDL were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in females. The level of uric acid, protein, albumin, potassium, cholesterol, GPT, total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, and indirect bilirubin was high without significance in males. Creatinine, sodium, chloride, and globulin are almost identical between males and females.

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