Khan Shozab Seemab, Javed Tariq, Khan Muhammad Saleem, Farooq Zahid, Wajid Muhammad
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
J Adv Vet Anim Res. 2025 Mar 26;12(1):312-320. doi: 10.5455/javar.2025.l898. eCollection 2025 Mar.
The common coot () is a medium-sized migratory bird wintering at different wetlands in Pakistan. It belongs to the order Gruiformes and family Rallidae. This study aimed to investigate the morphometry, hematology, and blood chemistry of common coots during the winter visit of 2022-2023.
Thirty two adult common coots were captured with the help of hunters holding valid licenses from six wetlands in Punjab, Pakistan. Each individual was sexed and subjected to different morphological measurements. Eighteen blood samples (3-5 ml) were collected from the basilic veins of adults for hematology and blood chemistry.
Results revealed that body weight ranged from 378 to 680 gm, with males significantly heavier than females. Length was not significantly different. Males showed dominance in most of the morphometric characteristics compared to females. Regarding hematological parameters and plasma chemistry, there was a sufficient difference between the genders in most of the studied parameters.
The male coot was significantly larger compared to the female, except for total length. Hematology and plasma chemistry showed significant differences between genders.
白骨顶鸡是一种中型候鸟，在巴基斯坦的不同湿地越冬。它属于鹤形目秧鸡科。本研究旨在调查2022 - 2023年冬季来访期间白骨顶鸡的形态学、血液学和血液化学特征。
在巴基斯坦旁遮普省六个湿地，借助持有有效许可证的猎人捕获了32只成年白骨顶鸡。对每只个体进行性别鉴定并进行不同的形态学测量。从成年白骨顶鸡的贵要静脉采集18份血液样本（3 - 5毫升）用于血液学和血液化学分析。
结果显示，体重范围为378至680克，雄性明显比雌性重。体长无显著差异。与雌性相比，雄性在大多数形态学特征上占优势。关于血液学参数和血浆化学，在大多数研究参数中，两性之间存在充分差异。
除了全长外，雄性白骨顶鸡明显比雌性大。血液学和血浆化学显示两性之间存在显著差异。
