Citation
Looi, Qi Hao and Ideris, Aini and Omar, Abdul Rahman
(2013)
Morphology comparison of swiftlet species from different habitat in Malaysia.
In: World’s Poultry Science Association (Malaysia Branch) and World Veterinary Poultry Association (Malaysia Branch) Scientific Conference 2013, 30 Nov.-1 Dec. 2013, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 147-150).
Abstract
In Malaysia, nest of Aerodramus fuciphagus (white-nest swiftlet) and Aerodramus maximus (black-nest swiftlet) are harvested for commercial purposes as one of most valuable animal product. Swiftlet taxonomy has been controversial due to numerous undefined parameters. Morphological differences between swiftlet species from different habitats remain unclear. This study found that A. fuciphagus from natural habitat are generally larger in size compared to man-made habitat and A. maximus are larger compared to A. fuciphagus. We postulated the different in body size is due to dietary behavior of the swiftlets.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Institute of Bioscience |
| Publisher: | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Keywords: | Swiftlet; Morphology; Habitat; Species |
| Depositing User: | Erni Suraya Abdul Aziz |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2015 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2016 02:21 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41436 |
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