Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Pigeon racing'

Mestrado em Bioquímica - Bioquímica Alimentar
O 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.

碩士
國立屏東科技大學
畜產系
93
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.

碩士
康寧大學
休閒管理研究所
106
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

碩士
國立中興大學
獸醫學系
88
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.

碩士
國立勤益科技大學
資訊工程系
106
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.

碩士
東海大學
建築學系
95
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.

碩士
國立臺灣體育大學
體育研究所
97
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.

碩士
國立雲林科技大學
企業管理系
106
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

碩士
國立中興大學
獸醫學系
88
Pigeon mycoplasmosis is caused by three species of mycoplasma, including Mycoplasma columbinum (M. columbinum), Mycoplasma columborale (M. columborale) and Mycoplasma columbonasale (M. columbonasale). These organisms have largely been recovered from the respiratory tracts and brains. During September 1999 and April 2000, a total number of 437 live and died racing pigeons (Columba livia) from 76 lofts in the four areas of Taiwan were examined clinically and cultured for mycoplasma spp. Both clinically healthy birds and those showing signs of respiratory disease were included. The oropharynx and cloaca were the culture sites for 384 live birds, but the nasal sinuses, tracheas and other tissues for 59 carcases. After purification, the isolated strains were identified by morphological examinations, filtration and reversion experiments, and biochemical property and digitonin sensitivity test. We comfirmed that 243 isolates of mycoplasma spp., consisting of 152 arginine-positive and 91 glucose-fermenting isolates. Serological tests of the growth inhibition and metabolism inhibition were employed for the identification of isolates. The results showed that 146 arginine-positive isolates were M. columbinum , 91 glucose-fermenting isolates of M. columborale, and 6 isolates were neither M. columbinum nor M. columborale. But, M. columbonasale was not isolated. From the results of the experiments, we can conclude that respiratory tract is the only site that we can isolate mycoplasma. Also, pigeon have been revealed to harbor mycoplasmas in high incidence from various lofts in Taiwan, ranging from 50 % to 100 %. The results also revealed that 357 out of 437 (81.7 %) of pigeons had one or two species of mycoplasmas in their oropharynxes. Coinfection of M. columbinum and M. columborale were found in 232 of 437 (53.1 %) of pigeons. The incidence of mycoplasmal infection was not significantly related with pigeon sex, age and seasons. Wherever, the relation of location existed as to be 88.8 % (95/107) in southern area, and 86.7 % (39/45) in eastern area of Taiwan.

碩士
國立中興大學
資訊管理學系所
104
RFID applications in the industry have rapidly expanded to the relevant medical, communications, digital content, biotechnology, and information services, which cover the daily life of food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and music which have the relevant application visibility. RFID applied to industrial applications pigeons is mainly used to identify participating pigeons and streamlining manpower to avoid human negligence so to increase job processing operation efficiency. This paper will extend RFID application pigeon industry combined with GPS and telecommunication network to build a complete training pigeon tracking system architecture. The whole process information from pigeon training before race to the end of race, such as training information, contest information and flight path information, etc., are fully documented through the Internet or telecommunications network, immediate delivery to related personnel and back-end application server system to archive, analysis and application. System architecture of the present study is divided into three parts: The first part is the training for the RFID system architecture; the second part is the GPS tracking system architecture; the third part is the real-time tracking system architecture. The architecture effectively improves the operational efficiency of dove training and competition, reduce human error and jobs, save on labor costs and operating costs, reduce the proportion of lost pigeons without return, and reduce the chances of cheating the whole pigeon competition violations, so that the entire competition process is more fair, just and open. In addition, the system collected training and flight path information through e-information, so it is not easy to lose or damage, and provides other applications systems analysis and easy to use, for example, pigeon monitoring systems, pigeon electronic map system, pigeon medical systems, pigeon competition results system, breeding system, and pigeon training systems, so that the entire value and user satisfaction of pigeon industry has greatly improved.

碩士
國立中興大學
獸醫學系
89
Clinically, it can reduce stress and perform examination and procedures by administrating the appropriate sedatives and anesthestics in birds. Midazolam and flumazenil belong to benzodiazepine (BZD) agonist and antagonist, respectively. Both of them are rapid onset, short duration, and high potency, with minimal cardiopulmonary effect. The aims of the study were to evaluate and observe the effect of MID (2, 4, 6 mg/kg, IM) and MID (4 mg/kg)- ketamine (KET)(20-30 mg/kg) intramuscularly and the antagonism by various dosage of FMZ (0.0125-0.1 mg/kg, IV) for MID (6 mg/kg) sedation and MID (4 mg/kg)-KET (20-30 mg/kg) anesthesia in racing pigeons. The results showed that it could produce sedation, and provide rapid onset and smooth recovery at each dose of MID. The depth of sedation was dose-dependent and more uniform at a dose of 6 mg/kg. To compare with control, at each dose of FMZ effectively reversed the MID (6 mg/kg) sedation, and the duration could be shortened. However, all of the recovery time could be reduced by ³ FMZ (0.025 mg/kg) efficiently, resedation was not seen at a dose of 0.1 mg/kg. The combination of MID (4 mg/kg)-KET (20-30 mg/kg) could induced rapid onset and smooth induction, and the duration of anesthesia was dose-dependent. It had been found that FMZ (³ 0.05 mg/kg) could efficiently shorten the duration time of anesthesia of the combination of MID (4 mg/kg)-KET (30 mg/kg). All of the pigeons were survived in this study. Hence, the results indicated that adequate dosage of MID and MID-KET combination were suitable for sedation and anesthesia and FMZ could be useful to control the duration time in racing pigeons.