3.EFFECT OF SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ROCK PIGEON (COLUMBA LIVIA) IN A TROPICAL AREA By M. I. PATEL AND V. M. TRIVEDI

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The aim of the study was to understand the effect of ‘temperature’ on different physiological activities such as thermoregulation, energy deposition, gonadal activity, breeding and moulting in the Rock Pigeon. Study conducted in an urban area that falls in semi-arid zone. The climate of study area was periodic and seasonal. It was found that initial stage of chicks remained poikilothermic and the age of 29 days, chicks maintained their body temperature at 41oC. Effect of seasonal average ambient air temperature does not play any significant role on body weight, Gonado-somatic index (GSI), number of clutches laid by bird, average egg weight in a clutch, incubation period, nesting success and growth rate. However, there was significant relation between average air temperature on lipid and water index and moult rate. All above activities may be influence to each other by external stimuli as well as energy demanded overlapping activities.
KEY WORD: Ambient air temperature, Energy deposition,
Thermoregulation, Lipid Index, Water Index, Gonado-Somatic Index, Clutch,
Incubation period, Growth rate, Nesting success, Moult rate.

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M. I. PATEL AND V. M. TRIVEDI

EFFECT OF SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON
SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ROCK
PIGEON (COLUMBA LIVIA) IN A TROPICAL AREA
M. I. PATEL AND V. M. TRIVEDI 
M. N. COLLEGE, VISNAGAR – 384315, NORTH GUJARAT, INDIA.
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCE, SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY,
RAJKOT 360 005, GUJARAT, INDIA.
vtrivedi_2@rediffmail.com

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2013-06-01

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AND V. M. TRIVEDI, M. I. P. (2013). 3.EFFECT OF SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE ROCK PIGEON (COLUMBA LIVIA) IN A TROPICAL AREA By M. I. PATEL AND V. M. TRIVEDI. LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS, 40, 14 to 23. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/537

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Vol. 40 (2013): JUNE, 2013.....ISSN 0976 - 1098(On Line) ISSN 2277 - 4297(Print)

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