DETERMINATION OF SOME CORPORAL INDEXES AT GREAT ALEXANDER PARAKEETS

Research of the current study aimed to establish, based on body dimensions, some corporal indexes considered to be representative for Great Alexander parakeets. Determinations were carried out on a total number of 60 individuals (separate on females, males and both sexes), raised in three aviary farms from Moldova and which were noted in a symbolic way with L1, L2 and L3. The main corporal indexes calculated were: pectoral muscles development index, skeleton index and compactness index. Pectoral muscles development index presented the highest values, of 82.54±1.53 in L1 aviary, followed by L3 aviary, with 82.44±1.12 and by L2 batch, with 80.11±1.88. The average value of compactness index oscillated, in both genders, between 148.01±2.83 in L2 batch and 148.17±3.39 in L3 batch with intermediate value of 148.17±3.39 in L1 batch. Skeleton index oscillated, for both genders, between 68.61±1.79 in L1 batch and 69.41±1.90 in L2 batch. The obtained results are from a large series of research and aimed to develop the knowledge area regarding this category of birds.