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Journal articles on the topic "Pigeon racing"
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Dixon, Andrew, Colin Richards, and Andrew King. "Diet of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in relation to temporal and spatial variation in racing pigeon availability in Wales." Ornis Hungarica 26, no. 2 (December 1, 2018): 188–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2018-0028.
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Abstract The relative frequency of Common Pigeons Columba livia in the diet of Peregrine Falcons differed across three areas of south-central Wales in line with racing pigeon availability. Peregrines exhibited a functional response to spatial and temporal availability of racing pigeons. During the pigeon-racing season (April–September), pigeons comprised 63% of kills in South Wales where pigeons were most available, 43% in the Brecon Beacons with intermediate availability and 30% in Central Wales, where availability was lowest. The corresponding values outside the pigeon-racing season were 18%, 6% and 5% respectively. We estimate that 92% of pigeons killed by Peregrines were racing pigeons, 7% were feral pigeons and the remainder were other domestic pigeon varieties.
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TSIOURIS, V., A. STARRAS, I. GEORGOPOULOU, A. ANGELOU, and E. PAPADOPOULOS. "A case of Amidostomosis in a racing pigeon (Columba livia) in Greece." Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society 70, no. 1 (April 24, 2019): 1443. http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.20353.
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A dead pigeon (Columba livia) was submitted to the Unit of Avian Medicine, Clinic of Farm Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. It derived from a pigeon flock consisted of approximately 100 racing birds of various ages between 4 months to 5 years old. The flock was kept on a terrace indoors in 4 cages of 3 m2 each. Near this flock, there were also two other pigeon flocks in a distance of 20 and 30 meters, respectively. The pigeons’ health problem had been present in this flock for approximately 3 years before this delivery. Lack of appetite, poor growth of young birds, weakness, depression, vomiting, diarrhea and emaciation were the most important clinical signs of the pigeons in the flock. During necropsy, discoloration and atrophy of liver, spleen and kidneys, edema of gizzard, necrosis in the koilin layer of the gizzard and under this, presence of small parasites, dilatation in the anterior small intestine (duodenum, jejunum) and finally hemorrhagic content in the second half of the small intestine and the rectum were observed. According to the findings of the postmortem and laboratory examination, amidostomosis was determined to be the cause of the pigeon’s death. Although pigeon infection by Amidostomum spp. is reported around the world, so far, amidostomosis has not been reported in pigeons in Greece. Pigeon owners should take all the appropriate treating and managing measures to control the spread of this parasite and its consequences on their flocks.
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Marlier, Didier. "Doping in Racing Pigeons (Columba livia domestica): A Review and Actual Situation in Belgium, a Leading Country in This Field." Veterinary Sciences 9, no. 2 (January 22, 2022): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9020042.
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Pigeon racing is a sport in which trained homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) are released between 60 and 1200 km from their loft and then have to return home as quickly as possible. The first race was held in 1818 in Belgium and since then, Belgium has led the world in pigeon breeding. Unfortunately, as in other sports, doping has become a major issue and doping controls have been implemented. This review provides information about pigeon racing, rules from the Royal Federation Colombophile of Belgium, and laws applicable in Belgium as doping control issues cannot be understood without including them as part of pigeon racing. The main pharmacological data concerning corticoids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, anabolic steroids, pain relievers and narcotic analgesics, bronchodilators and β-agonists, drugs acting on the central nervous system and other performance-enhancing drugs, in addition to methods relevant to doping in pigeons are presented. Moreover, the chosen matrix and analytical methods are described.
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Łukaszuk, Ewa, Daria Dziewulska, and Tomasz Stenzel. "Recombinant Viruses from the Picornaviridae Family Occurring in Racing Pigeons." Viruses 16, no. 6 (June 4, 2024): 917. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v16060917.
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Viruses from Picornaviridae family are known pathogens of poultry, although the information on their occurrence and pathogenicity in pigeons is scarce. In this research, efforts are made to broaden the knowledge on Megrivirus B and Pigeon picornavirus B prevalence, phylogenetic relationship with other avian picornaviruses and their possible connection with enteric disease in racing pigeons. As a result of Oxford Nanopore Sequencing, five Megrivirus and two pigeon picornavirus B-like genome sequences were recovered, among which three recombinant strains were detected. The recombinant fragments represented an average of 10.9% and 25.5% of the genome length of the Pigeon picornavirus B and Megrivirus B reference strains, respectively. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that pigeons are carriers of species-specific picornaviruses. TaqMan qPCR assays revealed 7.8% and 19.0% prevalence of Megrivirus B and 32.2% and 39.7% prevalence of Pigeon picornavirus B in the group of pigeons exhibiting signs of enteropathy and in the group of asymptomatic pigeons, respectively. In turn, digital droplet PCR showed a considerably higher number of genome copies of both viruses in sick than in asymptomatic pigeons. The results of quantitative analysis leave the role of picornaviruses in enteropathies of pigeons unclear.
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Dybus, Andrzej, Hanna Kulig, Yu-Hsiang Yu, Ruben Lanckriet, Witold Proskura, and Yeong-Hsiang Cheng. "CRY1 Gene Polymorphism and Racing Performance of Homing Pigeons." Animals 11, no. 9 (September 7, 2021): 2632. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11092632.
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Cryptochromes (CRY) are the family of proteins proposed as the putative magnetoreceptor molecules. In birds, among others in pigeons, CRY1 is widely expressed in a retina. Homing pigeons are known for their navigational abilities, and pigeon racing is a popular sport. So, the purpose of this study was to analyze the variability of the nucleotide sequence of the homing pigeon CRY1 gene, spanning the region coding the two amino acids W320 and W374 of Trp-triad, and estimate the relationship between genotypes and the racing performance. Investigations were carried out on 129 pigeons. Analysis of sequencing results indicated the AG to TT change within the seventh intron of CRY1 gene. Genotypes were determined by the forced PCR-RFLP method. The influence of detected polymorphism on the results of racing pigeons in 100–400 km flights was shown. The AG/TT individuals achieved significantly higher (p ≤ 0.05) mean values of ace points (AP) than the AG/AG ones. Regarding the detected nucleotide change localization, the polymorphism may be involved in CRY1 gene expression modulation. The AG to TT change in CRY1 gene may be considered as a potential genetic marker of racing performance in homing pigeons.
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Stenzel, Tomasz, and Daria Pestka. "Occurrence and genetic diversity of pigeon circovirus strains in Poland." Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 62, no. 2 (June 1, 2014): 274–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/avet.2014.004.
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Pigeon circovirus (PiCV) is an immunosuppressive agent widespread throughout the world, which causes a disease in pigeons called Young Pigeon Disease Syndrome. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of PiCV in Poland and investigate the genetic diversity relative to other known PiCV isolates. Samples from 152 pigeon flocks (88 flocks of racing pigeons and 64 flocks of fancy pigeons) from various regions of Poland were tested by polymerase chain reaction and an approximately 326-base fragment of the capsid protein gene (Cap gene) of the virus was amplified. The average viral prevalence was found to be 70.3% (76.13% in racing pigeons and 62.5% in fancy pigeons). Among the obtained positive samples, 21 were selected for sequencing and a phylogenetic analysis was performed. It was found that the majority of Polish PiCV isolates, to varying degrees, are related to isolates occurring in Europe. It was also observed that the Cap gene is variable and mutations often occur in it, which impacts the amino acid sequences in the capsid protein (nucleotide similarity averaged 86.57%, amino acid similarity averaged 89.02%).
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Kastelic, Marjan, Igor Pšeničnik, Gordana Gregurić Gračner, Nina Čebulj Kadunc, Renata Lindtner Knific, Brigita Slavec, Uroš Krapež, et al. "Health Status and Stress in Different Categories of Racing Pigeons." Animals 11, no. 9 (September 13, 2021): 2686. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11092686.
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The influence of different stress parameters in racing pigeon flocks, such as the presence of diseases and environmental conditions at the time of the races, were described. A total of 96 racing pigeons from 4 pigeon flocks were examined, and health monitoring was carried out. No helminth eggs and coccidia were found. Trichomonas sp. was confirmed in subclinical form. Paramyxoviruses and avian influenza viruses were not confirmed, but circovirus infections were confirmed in all flocks. Chlamydia psittaci was confirmed in one flock. Blood samples were collected, and HI antibody titers against paramyxoviruses before and 25 days after vaccination were determined. To improve the conditions during racing and the welfare of the pigeons, critical points were studied with regard to stress factors during the active training season. Serum corticosterone levels were measured in the blood serum of four different categories of pigeons from each flock. Corticosterone levels were almost twice as high in pigeons from the category that were active throughout the racing season, including medium- and long-distance racing, compared to the other three categories that were not racing actively. Within five hours of the finish of a race, the average serum corticosterone level was 59.4 nmol/L in the most physically active category. The average serum corticosterone level in this category remained at 37.5 nmol/L one month after the last race.
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Schmidt, Volker, Michael Kümpel, Kerstin Cramer, Michael Sieg, Maxi Harzer, Antje Rückner, and Kristin Heenemann. "Pigeon rotavirus A genotype G18P[17]-associated disease outbreaks after fancy pigeon shows in Germany – a case series." Tierärztliche Praxis Ausgabe K: Kleintiere / Heimtiere 49, no. 01 (February 2021): 22–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-1339-0366.
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Abstract Objective Pigeon rotavirus A (RVA) isolates of genotype G18P[17] are causing disease outbreaks and fatalities in pigeon lofts in Australia, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and USA since 2016. Most disease outbreaks have been reported from juvenile pigeons (Columba livia forma domestica). However, reports on RVA-associated disease outbreaks in fancy pigeons in connection with fancy pigeon shows in Germany are rare. Material and methods Overall 18 pigeons (16 fancy pigeons and one racing pigeon from 9 pigeon fanciers, as well as one feral pigeon from a rescue center) were sent in for routine diagnostic necropsy including histopathologic, parasitologic and microbiologic examinations. Molecular biologic examinations for detection of RVA, circovirus, Usutu virus, West Nile virus and Chlamydia psittaci were also carried out on all pigeons. An accompanying questionnaire filled in by the senders was used to generate basic information on the affected pigeon lofts. Results Disease outbreaks in juvenile and adult pigeons were reported 7–14 days after fancy pigeon shows. One fancier who had previously vaccinated his pigeons with an autogenous pigeon RVA vaccine, noted no morbidity and mortality among his pigeons and thus sent in a healthy pigeon for diagnostic purposes. Reported clinical signs in the other pigeons were regurgitation, green slimy diarrhea, anorexia, apathy and death after 24 hours. Hepatic necrosis and detection of pigeon RVA isolates of genotype G18P[17] confirmed disease outbreaks caused by pigeon RVA in all pigeons, except for the vaccinated pigeon. Besides pigeon circovirus, which was detected in 15 of 18 pigeons, all other pathogens were singular findings. Conclusion and clinical relevance In disease outbreaks following fancy pigeon shows in juvenile and adult pigeons diagnostics should include pigeon RVA of genotype G18P[17].
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Zigo, František, Silvia Ondrašovičová, Zuzana Farkašová, Jana Výrostková, Ivana Regecová, and Ibrahim F. Rehan. "Correct interpretation of carrier pigeon diseases – Part 1: Ornithosis complex." International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology 7, no. 1 (March 3, 2023): 15–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/ijawb.2023.07.00185.
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The most fundamental and important topics for carrier pigeon fanciers are health and form of their competitors. It does not matter how good a pigeon is or how well fed it is, an unhealthy pigeon will never be able to win a race. One of the most common diseases of carrier pigeons during the racing season is a respiratory illness named "Ornithosis Complex". Also known as "Ornithose", "Coryza" and "One-eyed Colds" it is caused most often by a combination of Chlamydia psittaci, Pasteurella, Mycoplasma, Herpes virus and many other common bacteria such as Yersinia, Enterobacter, Streptococci and Staphylococci. Once both old and young birds have started their training and racing program, they are likely to develop an ornithosis complex, showing symptoms of swollen or puffed feathers around the ears, dry plumage, blue flesh and a disruption to moulting. Pigeons that arrive home showing signs of extreme fatigue and typical ornithosis symptoms should be treated directly with a combination of prescribed treatments, isolated from healthy birds and should not be flown to avoid spreading the disease. The study points to the fact that ornithosis complex is not a difficult problem when carrier pigeons do not overflow. It will become a big problem only after the start of the racing season, which will take away the success of many breeders.
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Dybus, Andrzej, Hanna Kulig, Wilhelm Grzesiak, Justyna Domke, Yu-Hsiang Yu, and Yeong-Hsiang Cheng. "Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Serine Protein Kinase (CASK) Gene Polymorphisms in Pigeons." Animals 13, no. 13 (June 22, 2023): 2070. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13132070.
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) is an multidomain protein involved in tissue development and cell signalling. In skeletal muscle, it is involved in the development of neuromuscular junctions. The participation of a pigeon in racing is a great physical effort that causes many changes in the skeletal muscles. Thus, the purpose of the study was to detect the nucleotide sequence variability in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine kinase (CASK) gene in domestic pigeons (Columba livia domestica) and assess the potential impact of DNA polymorphisms on the flight performance of pigeons. The research included a total of 517 individuals. DNA was extracted from the blood. A DNA fragment from nucleotides 8689 to 9049 of the CASK (NW_004973256.1 sequence) of six unrelated pigeons were sequenced. One of the detected polymorphic sites (g.8893G > A), located a very close to the start codon, was selected for genotyping in all individuals. The association studies included a total of 311 young homing pigeons that participated in racing competitions. The homing pigeons showed higher frequencies of the AA genotype than non-homing ones (p < 0.05). In rock pigeons only the GG genotype was found. Further research could confirm the functionality of the CASK g.8893G > A SNP in shaping the racing phenotype of pigeons, and the AA genotype could be useful as a selection criterion in pigeon breeding.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Pigeon racing"
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Howse, J. N. "An investigation into respiratory disease in the racing pigeon." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383448.
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Ferreira, João Manuel Silva Loureiro Alves. "Exploração de subprodutos de maçã como matérias-primas alternativas em formulações para Columba livia." Master's thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/17171.
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Mestrado em Bioquímica - Bioquímica AlimentarO crescimento da população humana deverá continuar até 2050. Por este motivo, a competição por matérias-primas entre a nossa alimentação e a alimentação animal será inevitável, tornando importante o recurso a matérias-primas alternativas, provenientes dos excedentes da indústria alimentar, como o bagaço de maçã e o resíduo da filtração do sumo concentrado denominado por retentato de maçã. Dentro das gamas de produtos fabricados pela indústria da alimentação animal, temos as rações para pombo-correio. Estas rações estão adaptadas à prática do desporto columbófilo, separando os seus produtos de acordo com os diferentes períodos do ano: (i) concursos; (ii) criação; (iii) muda; (iv) defeso. A alimentação do pombo-correio baseia-se em misturas simples de sementes. Contudo, existem subprodutos da indústria alimentar que são utilizados na indústria das rações como os bagaços de oleaginosas, de frutos, e as sêmeas de cereais, com teores de proteína, fibra e matéria gorda adequados à dieta do pombo-correio. Contudo, a inclusão direta destes subprodutos não é aceite por parte dos criadores e dos pombos. Por este motivo, foi necessário adotar metodologias alternativas à inclusão direta, como a extrusão. Este método de processamento permite criar um alimento nutricionalmente uniforme, formulado a partir de diversas matérias-primas, tanto as convencionais como as provenientes de subprodutos. Com base nestes conhecimentos foram desenvolvidas formulações para alimentos extrusados, com incorporação de retentato de maçã, direcionados para os diferentes períodos do ano competitivo do pombo-correio. As percentagens de incorporação do subproduto foram de 5% para a ração depurativa, 10% para a ração da muda de pena e 15% para as rações de concursos e criação. A formulação para concursos apresentou 55% de hidratos de carbono, 20% de proteína e 10% de matéria gorda. A formulação de criação possui 58% de hidratos de carbono, 18% de proteína e 10% de matéria gorda. A formulação para a muda apresentou 58% de hidratos de carbono, 20% de proteína e 6 % de matéria gorda. Por último, a formulação para o defeso apresentou 71% de hidratos de carbono, 12% de proteína e 5% de matéria gorda. Todas as formulações continham 6-7% de fibra e 3-6% de cinzas. As rações produzidas mantiveram o equilíbrio nutricional comparativamente às misturas de sementes, habitualmente comercializadas.
The growth of the human population is expected to continue until 2050. For this reason, competition for raw materials between food and feed is expected, therefore is important the use of alternative raw materials from the by-products of food industry, such as apple pomace and the residue of concentrate apple juice filtration called apple retentate. The racing pigeon feed is one of the many products made by the animal feed industry. These feeds are adapted to the practice of pigeon racing, separating their products according to the different periods of the pigeon racing: (i) competitions; (ii) breeding; (iii) moulting; (iv) resting. The usual feed for pigeon is composed solely by seeds, however, some food industry by-products, such as soybean meal, canola meal, apple pomace and cereal brans, have a protein, fat and fiber content adequate to the pigeon diet. However, direct inclusion of such by-products cannot be done directly, because it wouldn’t be accepted by both breeders and animals. For this reason, it is necessary to adopt alternative methods to direct inclusion, such as extrusion. This method allows the creation of a nutritionally uniform feed, made from several raw materials, both conventional for this type of feed and by-products. Based on this knowledge, formulations for extruded feeds, targeting all the different periods of the pigeon racing year and including apple retentate were developed. The percentages of incorporation of the by-product were 5% for the resting feed, 10% for the moulting feed and 15% for the competitions and breeding feed. The formulation for contests had 55% carbohydrates, 20% protein and 10% fat. The breeding formulation had 58 % carbohydrates, 18% protein and 10% fat. The formulation for moulting had 58% carbohydrates, 20% protein and 6% fat. Finally, the formulation for the resting period had 71% carbohydrates, 12% protein and 5% fat. All the feeds had between 6-7% of fiber and 3-6% of ashes. The produced feeds maintained the nutritional balance in comparison with the usually marketed mixtures of seeds.
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Hsing, Yuan-po, and 邢淵博. "Sociological Analysis of pigeon racing in Taiwan." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37376154410586002262.
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Chu, Chiem Ming, and 朱建明. "The Study of Pigeon Fancier’s Racing Behavior." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36126838928439886133.
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碩士國立屏東科技大學
畜產系
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The aims of this study were to investigate the characteristics of pigeon breeder, activities, feed pigeon, technique and affairs of racing pigeon association. This study could contribute the development of racing pigeon research in Taiwan. This survey employed the interview and internet to investigate the relation between pigeon fancier’s background, racing activity, pigeon breeding, raising skill and affairs in pigeon association to take for basic data of pigeon racing research. The result showed that the majority of participants were male and aged between 36 to 45. Most of participants were farmer or laborer. The major educational level of participants was senior high school. The largest group was that of participants who was member of association. Moreover, the participance of competition for racing pigeons was effected by the different occupation, educational level, experience of feed pigeon and area of competition.
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DEN, FANG-JANG, and 鄧方正. "A study on pigeon racing club management." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/5x9264.
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碩士康寧大學
休閒管理研究所
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Pigeon racing has become one of the leisure activities of regular people, with pigeon clubs established in every city. How clubs improve their quality of service in order to attract more pigeon fanciers. This study investigates how pigeon clubs attract pigeon fanciers by means of pigeon club service quality management. Additionally, survey designed by experts was used to analyze dimensions central to the service quality of pigeon clubs, which generated five dimensions of service quality and twenty criteria. Subjects were fifteen veteran pigeon fanciers who responded to the survey. Finally, the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) was used to investigate the key elements between each dimension and criterion. The results are as follows: 1. The structure of the influence between dimensions of service quality of pigeon club management The overall source of influence comes from the dimension of “Responsiveness”, with the “Reliability” dimension being influenced last. “Tangibility”, on the other hand, is a potent source of indirect influence. 2. The structure of influence between each dimensioned criterion i. Tangibility— The overall source of influence comes from “Advertising”, whereas the last to be affected is “Comprehensiveness of Facility”. Additionally, “Spaciousness” is a potent source of indirect influence ii. Reliability— the overall source of influence comes from “Accurate Record-Keeping”, whereas the last to be affected is “Needs of Pigeons”. Additionally, “Eagerness to Solve Problems” is a potent source of indirect influence. iii. Responsiveness— the overall source of influence comes from “Prioritizing Members”, whereas the last to be affected is “Emphasis on Commitment”. Additionally, “Service Time” is a potent source of indirect influence. iv. Assurance— the overall source of influence comes from “Accomplishment of Missions”, whereas the last to be affected is “Trust of Members”. Additionally, “Competence of Response” is a potent source of indirect influence. v. Empathy— the overall source of influence comes from “Tending to Members” whereas the last to be affected is “Benefits of Members”. Additionally, “Individual Needs” is a potent source of indirect influence. Therefore, according to the results of this study, the researcher suggests that the improvement of the sources of influence in each service quality dimension would attract more pigeon fanciers to enter the pigeon racing scheme
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Guo, TsaiJung, and 郭財榮. "Successful artificial breeding of racing pigeon (Columba livia) in Taiwan." Thesis, 2000. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05146972053434838323.
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碩士國立中興大學
獸醫學系
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The purpose of this study was to establish a practical manual pigeon semen collection technique, analyze the dynamics change of annual seminal quality and model an artificial breeding program. Via digital abdominal massage, semen was collected from 10 healthy, sexually mature males, twice weekly for a period of 12 months. After a match with male and nest signs present, females of group I (n=14) were inseminated with 6 μl pooled fresh semen containing 25 ×106 motile spermatozoa while group II (n=12) and III (n=6) were inseminated with 10 ×106 and 1 ×106 motile spermatozoa, respectively. The inseminations were repeated at the third, forth and fifth day after the nest signs present. The results showed that the successful rate in semen collection was respectively 69% (55/80) and 66% (53/80) in March and November that were much higher than those of 13% (10/80) in August. A peak seasonal semen volume was found in November to be 13.5 ±1.0 μl while a sharp decline (7 μl) in August and September. As far as sperm motility and viability were concerned, semen obtained in March was 81.6 ±1.6 % and 84.4 ±1.3 % that was the optimal results in whole year. Similarly, the highest semen concentration was 5.4 ×109 sperm/ml found in March. As long as the environmental temperature was lower than 15 degree C, semen collection became difficult (0/80). The optimal sperm motility and viability were achieved (84.2 ±1.4 % and 88.8 ±1.8 %) at 21 degree C. Sperm motility and viability decreased when temperature was higher than 26 degree C. Nevertheless, the concentration was not affected by the fluctuations of temperature. Pigeon spermatozoa morphologically showed a long and narrow with a vermiform appearance and slightly curved head. Spermatozoon was averaged 99.8 μm in overall length with a midpiece of 66.7 μm, covering over 66% of the total sperm length. The midpiece was such long, making it was easy to be coiled and a rupture flagellum. The breeding trial resulted in 41% fertility and 100% hatchability in group I while 18% and 100%, respectively in group II. No fertilized egg was found in group III. In this lab, a successful pigeon semen collection technique and artificial breeding model was established. Data of dynamics changes of annual seminal characteristics, suggests the optimal semen collection season is in both March and November. Future study should be toward on the prediction of ovulation and improvement of the unsatisfactory fertility.
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Lin, Yi-Ming, and 林一明. "Practical Application of Radio Frequency Identification in Paring for Pigeon Racing." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/467w2c.
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碩士國立勤益科技大學
資訊工程系
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This study explored multifaceted applications of radio frequency identification (RFID). In recent years, RFID has had a wide-ranging influence on our lives, and because of the prevalence of RFID technology, public convenience and safety have improved. RFID technology is currently used for simple applications such as store merchandise management, clock-in and clock-out systems, access control, the EasyCard system, and electronic toll collection. Because foot rings with an RFID function have been used for pigeon racing, through new defect-prevention techniques, existing low-frequency RFID foot rings were combined with ultra-high-frequency RFID in this study to achieve a multifaceted effect. Because of the characteristics of RFID, the low- and high-frequency bands do not interfere with each other. Accordingly, the originally cumbersome pairing and copying work can be replaced with automatic pairing and detection by the RFID system. In addition, the graphical user interface designed in this study can be employed to save labor resources and working hours, eliminate data errors generated during human transcribing or fatigue, and provide complete and accurate pairing data.
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Wang, Chun-Yao, and 王淳堯. "The Study of Pigeon-Racing Cultural Skyscape--A Case Study in Central Taiwan Area." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/73640597527214723436.
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碩士東海大學
建築學系
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The study aims to explain the social construction of culture landscape in Taiwan’s pigeon racing.Based on Caillois’ Game Theory as the axis of the explanation, the study concludes that games can display and reflect culture value. During pigeon-racing training, a knowledge system of space navigation is developed, which deeply influences pigeon-racing professionals.In chapter three, the author explains the phenomenon of how rules digitalize space and dissolve the disputes among pigeon-racing professionals.In chapter four, the author explains how pigeon-racing professionals invented a method of space navigation through training as well as the difference in space navigation of two racing system , i.e. across land and sea, leading to the reflection of coordination and architecture of aviary.In chapter five, the author presents the structure of game space, which doesn’t only depend on the establishment of substantial space but also on the climate begotten from rule-following and interaction among pigeon-racing professionals. Such structure of the game space is also built based on the rules of the pigeon-racing, training, and building of the aviary. From the above analyses, the author discovers that pigeon-racing activities have long surpassed the limits of other games, leading to the cross-region imagination and movement. People participate in the games, and their spatial views are being rectified and renewed as the games move along; besides, they interact with others through cooperation, through which the rural area presents itself not as a substance fixed on the land, but with a formation of alliance among other regions in a cross-village method. This phenomenon also represents a dynamic spatial view in the rural areas. In reality, pigeon-racing displays people’s perception ability in space navigation, which is through the observation of the pigeon navigation and training, gradually contributing to the proof and interpretation of the environment; besides, pigeon-racing also displays the practice of desire.Eventually, the author discusses the integrity of the cognitive method, so as to provide further multi-faced knowledge and inspiration for the follow-up study.
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Lee, Hsin-Chen, and 李欣臻. "A View on Historical Sociology: Analysis of the Civilizing Violence and Pigeon Racing in Taiwan." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/85701268619430929330.
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碩士國立臺灣體育大學
體育研究所
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Animal sports as entirely modern phenomenon had gone through the sportization process in the West. In the development of animal sports, there were much evidence in present-day Europe, Britain, America, Australia, Japan, China and Taiwan sharing the same form of modern pigeon racing. At the same time many people regarded animal sports as blood sports, which symbolized a decivilization process in human society. In many cases, these decivilizing developments appeared to be largely a consequence of the increasing such games. Elias had emphasized sportization is one of the symbols of civilizing process, how we could use this theory to stretch a branch of civilizing violence and explain the moderation and deluge of abuse and violence in Taiwan’s pigeon racing was the central issue to discuss in this study. Adopting a social and historical approach, this study examined the genesis of figurational transition in modern pigeon racing to analyze the monopoly of civilizing violence occurring in this historical process. In a synthetic aspect of this thesis, animal sport and its relevant violence had aroused many critiques form the groups of Animal rights or the comments of social morality, their contradictory situations expressed different constrains of violence behaviors, and this was one of the character of civilizing process. As a result, the civilizing violence in Taiwan’s pigeon racing could be a symbol of variation in the unlinear and multiple civilizing processes.
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Hsu, Sung-Lung, and 徐松榮. "An Application of Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Methods in evaluating key factorsof the Racing Pigeon E-Commerce Platform." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8s2jyq.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
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The pigeon was originally an art. It originated in Europe and was introduced to Japan and then introduced to Taiwan. The pigeons in Taiwan have been unique to the cultural industry for more than 80 years, and this unique industry has also changed with the advancement of the times and the accompanying pigeon industry. In the past, fanciers (often referred to as pigeons) purchased pigeon-related products, which must be purchased at the feed store. Even some feed stores did not sell the pigeon products, so they had to make the relevant products themselves. With the development of the Internet, fanciers will also exchange information on the Internet through sharing or communication software, and the pigeon industry has a more complete competition system from the private gatherings in the past to the establishment of the pigeon association today. It also makes the Taiwanese pigeon industry flourish. According to reports, the annual output value of the Taiwanese pigeon industry is about 100 billion yuan. Seeing the business opportunities extended by this pigeon competition, you can also find the website that introduces or sells pigeon-related items for the racing pigeons on the Internet, and the "Dive E-Commerce Platform" has been developed and designed in recent years. A platform for pigeon fanciers to easily purchase and provide information about pigeons. This study is aimed at domestic pigeon or pigeon experts, and issues expert questionnaires in related fields with Fuzzy Delphi. In addition, the paper discusses the key factors in the establishment of the e-commerce platform. Then integrated into the final conclusion. The key factors in building an e-commerce platform for pigeon racing are to focus on whether product quality is trustworthy. Sharing of product experience is also an important part. It is a platform for mastering how to build a business model for a unique industry. It can take advantage of the operational benefits brought about by the actual operating model and provide a reference for the future business platform for building pigeons or the business platform for special cultural industries. Keywords: racing pigeon e-commerce platform, e-commerce platform, fuzzy Delphi method, fuzzy analysis hierarchical order method
Books on the topic "Pigeon racing"
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Khan, Akhlaq Ahmad. The flying pigeon. Lahore: M/S Akhlaq Ahmad Khan & Nazar Saeed Khan, 2012.
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Pawson, Ernest. Pigeon racing: Science and practice. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik, 1996.
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Bissett, Ron. Pigeon fancying: Caring, breeding, racingand exhibiting. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1985.
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Simpson, Herman. The sport of racing pigeons: Everything one needs to know when organizing, participating in, or breeding and grading racing pigeons for entering them in a futurity race. Rayne, La: Bayou View Press, 1993.
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Bodio, Stephen. Aloft: A meditation on pigeons and pigeon-flying. New York, N.Y: Lyons & Burford Publishers, 1990.
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Bodio, Stephen. Aloft: A meditation on pigeons and pigeon-flying. Boulder, Colo: Pruett Pub. Co., 1993.
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Guy, Brasseur. Premier dictionnaire du pigeon voyageur: À l'usage des colombophiles et de tous ceux qui s'intéressent au sport colombophile. Bruxelles: Editions Labor, 1990.
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Dodge, H. E. The racing homer: Concise guide to pigeon racing. Alton, Hants: Nimrod, 1989.
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Becker, René. "Pigeon husbandry and racing management." In BSAVA Manual of Raptors, Pigeons and Passerine Birds, 14–18. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.22233/9781910443101.3.
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Bingman, Verner P. "Spatial representations and homing pigeon navigation." In Spatial Representation in Animals, 69–85. Oxford University PressOxford, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198500070.003.0004.
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Abstract For many years racing pigeon hobbyists from Toledo, Ohio would gather together for a summer weekend and send their birds to Houston, Texas for the big 1300 mile race. What would occur on that weekend in Toledo and Houston would be repeated in a similar fashion in many different places, at different times of year and attests to the remarkable navigational ability of the racing pigeon, Columba livia. The winning pigeon would return home in about 2 days, and even a middle of the pack bird would return in 3-4 days. It is this remarkable navigational ability that motivated European ethologists of the 1950s to ask the question: How do they do it? However, as simple a question as this is, it is remarkable how different scientific cultures have interpreted the same question in very different ways.
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Scullion, Francis, and Geraldine Scullion. "Racing pigeons." In BSAVA Manual of Exotic Pets, 188–99. British Small Animal Veterinary Association, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.22233/9781905319909.10.
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Mann, F. A. "Rnaia v. Chester." In Notes and Comments on Cases in International Law, Commercial Law, and Arbitration, 14–15. Oxford University PressOxford, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198257981.003.0003.
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Abstract In Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association v. Chester (1974) 48 ALJR 304, the High Court of Australia in a joint judgment by Mc Tiernan, Menzies, and Mason JJ held that a gift of residue for the purpose of applying the income ‘in improving the breeding and racing of Homer Pigeons’ is not a valid charitable gift. The court was prepared to accept that the breeding of pigeons for racing is a purpose beneficial to the community: They expressly declined to follow the approach of Russell LJ which is that after a finding that a purpose is beneficial to the community, the proper question to ask is whether there are any grounds for holding it outside the equity of the Statute: see Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales v. Att.-Gen. [1972] Ch. 73 at 88, noted (1972) 88 LQR
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Smith, Elizabeth. "Against the Grain." In With Fists Raised, 85–106. Liverpool University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781800859777.003.0005.
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Despite sharing many of the beliefs and values of the Black Arts movement (BAM) African American playwright Alice Childress (1916-1994) is rarely mentioned in the context of the BAM. This essay explores why she was omitted from BAM’s narrative given her consistent questioning of racial identity, and her embrace of a Black Aesthetic. The study asserts that Childress’s foregrounding of Black women differentiated her politics and art from BAM’s and the Black Power movement’s male leadership. She did not use the iconography widely associated with them: the raised fist, militarist clothing and guns for example. Rather she chose iconography and settings that told of the Black community she lived in: the kitchen, the iron, the mop bucket, the backyard, the stage. Childress was often pigeon-holed as a “protest” writer, a label that set her apart from BAM whose theorists argued that “protest” writing addressed a white audience and could not speak to the needs of Black people. This essay analyses three of Childress’s plays to make the case that her absence from the BAM narrative was to the detriment of both, contributing to what is often a monolithic and gendered account of that movement, and impacting on Childress’s unwarranted artistic neglect.
Conference papers on the topic "Pigeon racing"
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Chen, Bo-Shau, and Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim. "Compact size UHF RFID tag for racing pigeon ring applications." In 2016 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP). IEEE, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/apcap.2016.7843108.
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Liang, Shu-Yao, Bo-Shau Chen, Chih-Chiang Chen, and Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim. "Very small size UHF RFID tag for racing pigeon ring applications." In 2017 IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/wpt.2017.7953868.
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