The osteometric comparison of the wing skeletal bones of wild and domestic quails

Abstract

The osteometric measurements of humerus, radius, ulna and menus bones of wild quail (Cotumix c. cotumix) and domestic quail (Cotumix c. japonica) were taken to search for any skeletal differences between the same sex of these two sub-species and both sexes within the sub-species. Twenty-three different characters were measured among 57 quails and 16 of these measurement found statistically different among these two sub-species.