Journal of Veterinary Healthcare
Open Access
Profiling Flight Performance of Young Racing Pigeons (Columba Livia) in Training
Feb 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-17-1796
F.T. ScullionCorresponding author
Two groups of young pigeons were trained and flight parameters profiled over a flight path of approximately 90 km and a number of measures were developed to analyse their flight performances. An aerodynamic model of avian flight was fitted to the data to assess its value in predicting flight perform…