0 a type of long-tailed bird, the male of which has brightly-coloured/-colored feathers and certain types of which are often shot for sport -- bažant
a brace of pheasant(s)
two pheasants.
Do helminths increase the vulnerability of released pheasants to fox predation?
One of the 6 untreated control pheasants contained 1 adult worm.
The causes of death of radiotagged pheasants are shown in table 1, most cases being attributed to foxes.
Active pheasant management took place on all estates.
In the present study, no apparent relationship between parasite burdens and survival or cause of death of the pheasants was found.
Three pheasants appeared dead without signs of predation, almost emaciated and with signs of severe enteritis.
Twelve game-farm adult pheasants, maintained in pens on concrete and previously treated with flubendezole, were used.
The experimental release of 56 radiotagged pheasants showed that 98% of birds died within 12 days.
