Poultry Health and Management
Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese and Quail

David Sainsbury (Author)

9780632051724, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 17 December 1999

220 pages
23.4 x 15.8 x 1 cm, 0.417 kg

"What an excellent little book this is, handy in size and weight and very readable "

"This book should be available to all poultry keepers, where it would be invaluable for easy reference."

Since the third edition was published in 1992 there have been many more developments in the poultry industry, which have made a new edition necessary. These include new systems which are environmentally and welfare 'friendly'; much more emphasis on hygiene and vaccines in disease control and the role of molecular biology and cloning; further advances in management with special reference to feeding, drinking, lighting and egg collection; advances in genetics; developments in housing; nutritional advances; and increasingly restrictive legislation concerning the safety to the public of poultry products (particularly zoonotic diseases and drug residues) and welfare.

Preface to First Edition
Preface to Fourth Edition
Acknowledgements
Poultry - their health and management - introduction
Health, disease and intensification
Poultry nutrition
Practical poultry feeding
The environmental requirements of poultry
The poultry house construction & insulation
Ventilation
Hygiene on the poultry farm
Systems of management
Breeding and hatching
The health of poultry
Turkeys
Ducks
Geese
Quail
The management of poultry in hot climates
Poultry welfare and alternative systems
Organic poultry production
Further reading
Index.

Subject Areas: Veterinary medicine [MZ]