Composición de la dieta de la codorniz Moctezuma (Cyrtonix montezumae) en el noroeste del Estado de México

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MARIVEL HERNÁNDEZ-TÉLLEZ
MARTÍN ENRIQUE ROMERO-SÁNCHEZ
BEATRIZ CECILIA AGUILAR-VALDEZ
SALVADOR IBARRA-ZIMBRÓN
MARÍA MAGDALENA CROSBY-GALVÁN
GERMÁN DAVID MENDOZA-MARTÍNEZ

Abstract

COMPOSITION OF THE MONTEZUMA QUAIL'S DIET WAS STUDIED IN NORTHWEST STATE OF MEXICO. NINE ESOPHAGEAL CONTENTS WERE COLLECTED DURING THE WINTER HUNTING SEASON 2001-2002. MACROHISTOLOGICAL ANALYSES INDICATE THAT THE MAIN FOOD ITEM WAS OXALIS SPP. BULB (41.99% OF DRY MATTER), FOLLOWED BY WHEAT GRAIN (40.97%), CHENOPODIUM SP. SEEDS (16.46%), OAT SEEDS (0.54%) AND INSECTS (0.015%). NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION ESTIMATED WAS 15.30% CRUDE PROTEIN, 0.19% CA, 0.32% P AND 3.169 KCAL OF METABOLIZABLE ENERGY PER G OF DRY MATTER. THE RESULTS INDICATE THAT OXALIS BULBS AND WHEAT GRAIN ARE THE MAIN ENERGETIC FOOD ITEMS DURING THE WINTER.

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HERNÁNDEZ-TÉLLEZ, M., ROMERO-SÁNCHEZ, M. E., AGUILAR-VALDEZ, B. C., IBARRA-ZIMBRÓN, S., CROSBY-GALVÁN, M. M., & MENDOZA-MARTÍNEZ, G. D. (2010). Composición de la dieta de la codorniz Moctezuma (Cyrtonix montezumae) en el noroeste del Estado de México. Anales Del Instituto De Biología Serie Zoología, 75(002). Retrieved from https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/zoo/article/view/14670

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