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Plasma Biochemical Parameters of The Blood of Captive Adult Male and Female Black-Necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) and Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) in Bulgaria Authored by Slavko Naskov Nikolov Introduction The Black-necked pheasants or Southern Caucasus pheasants (Phasianus col. colchicus), Gray partridge (Perdix perdix) and Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) are birds from the order Galliformes, family Phasianidae and native to Europe and Asia. They have been widely introduced as game birds and are one of the world’s most hunted birds [1-2]. Over the last few years, industrial pheasant farms have been developed as a new agricultural activity for commercial production of meat in Europe, and the number of the pheasant population reared each year has increased exponentially [3-4]. Although it is well known that plasma biochemistry is important for medical diagnosis of disease in several bird species, limited information is available for phe...