Abstract:Adult male Blossomheaded Parakeets were exposed to very long (22 h) and very short (2 h) daily photoperiods for 45 days during different phases of the annual testicular cycle. Adrenocortical activity of the experimental photoperiodic birds were compared with that of parallely held natural photoperiodic birds with the use of different histophysiological parameters. These parameters are believed to be faithful indices of secretory functions in the steroidogenic part of avian adrenal gland. The study revealed tha… Show more
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