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Abdel Fattah AF, Roushdy EM, Tukur HA, et al. Comparing the Effect of Different Management and Rearing Systems on Pigeon Squab Welfare and Performance after the Loss of One or Both Parents. Animals (Basel). 2019;9(4)doi: 10.3390/ani9040165.
Abdel Fattah, A. F., Roushdy, E. M., Tukur, H. A., Saadeldin, I. M., & Kishawy, A. T. Y. (2019). Comparing the Effect of Different Management and Rearing Systems on Pigeon Squab Welfare and Performance after the Loss of One or Both Parents. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 9(4), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040165
Abdel Fattah, Azhar F, et al. "Comparing the Effect of Different Management and Rearing Systems on Pigeon Squab Welfare and Performance after the Loss of One or Both Parents." Animals : an open access journal from MDPI vol. 9,4 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani9040165
Abdel Fattah AF, Roushdy EM, Tukur HA, Saadeldin IM, Kishawy ATY. Comparing the Effect of Different Management and Rearing Systems on Pigeon Squab Welfare and Performance after the Loss of One or Both Parents. Animals (Basel). 2019 Apr 14;9(4). doi: 10.3390/ani9040165. PMID: 31013998; PMCID: PMC6523572.
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Animals (Basel). 2019 Apr 14;9(4). doi: 10.3390/ani9040165.

Comparing the Effect of Different Management and Rearing Systems on Pigeon Squab Welfare and Performance after the Loss of One or Both Parents.

Animals : an open access journal from MDPI

Azhar F Abdel Fattah, El-Shimaa M Roushdy, Hammed A Tukur, Islam M Saadeldin, Asmaa T Y Kishawy

Affiliations

  1. Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Ash Sharqia Governorate 44519, Egypt. [email protected].
  2. Animal Wealth Development Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Ash Sharqia Governorate 44519, Egypt. [email protected].
  3. Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. [email protected].
  4. Department of Animal Production, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia. [email protected].
  5. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt. [email protected].
  6. Department of Nutrition and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medic, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Ash Sharqia Governorate 44519, Egypt. [email protected].

PMID: 31013998 PMCID: PMC6523572 DOI: 10.3390/ani9040165

Abstract

Pigeon squabs completely depend on their parents for care and nourishment. The loss of one or both parents affects squabs' successful fledging. This study was carried out on young squabs to compare the effect of pigeon parent sex and different fostering methods on squab welfare (behavior and growth performance). Two experiments were carried out. In the first experiment, the squabs were divided into three groups. Group 1 (control) consisted of 10 parent pairs with 20 brooding squabs; group 2 consisted of 10 male parents with 20 brooding squabs; and group 3 consisted of 10 female parents with 20 brooding squabs. In the second experiment, the squabs were also divided into three groups. Group 1 (control) consisted of 10 parent pairs with 20 brooding squabs; group 2 consisted of 20 brooding squabs fostered by 10 foster parent pigeons (either male or female); and group 3 consisted of 20 brooding squabs fostered by the hand-rearing method. A significant improvement in growth performance, behavioral welfare (head waggle, squab note and squab wing shake); increased repetition of these behaviors indicates stress and discomfort), and survival rate was observed to be higher in the group brooded by both parents compared to the group brooded by either a male or a female parent. In addition, the group fostered by hand-rearing showed a significant improvement in growth performance, behavioral welfare, and survival rate compared to the group brooded by foster pigeon parents.

Keywords: brooding care; growth performance; hand-fostering; pigeon squabs; rearing system; welfare

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