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Commercial chicken production manual /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: North, Mack O.
Other Authors: Bell, Donald D., 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Chapman & Hall, [1990]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Animal Husbandry.
Chickens > Handbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Modern breeds of chickens
  • Structure of the chicken
  • Formation of the egg
  • Development of the chick embryo
  • Chick hatcheries
  • Hatchery equipment
  • Maintaining hatching egg quality
  • Factors affecting hatchability
  • Operating the hatchery
  • Hatchery management
  • Poultry housing
  • Poultry house equipment
  • Brooding management
  • Growing management on floors
  • Layer management on floors
  • Cage management
  • Breeder management
  • Lighting management
  • Flock recycling
  • Broiler, roaster and capon management
  • Genetics of the chicken
  • Genetic management
  • Record management
  • Digestion and metabolism
  • Major feed ingredients
  • Vitamins, minerals, and trace ingredients
  • Analysis of feedstuffs
  • Feed fundamentals
  • Poultry rations
  • Feeding egg-type growing pullets
  • Feeding egg-type layers
  • Feeding breeding birds
  • Feeding broilers, roasters and capons
  • Bacteria, viruses, protozoa and fungi
  • Developing immunity
  • Drugs and antibiotics for disease control
  • Diseases of the chicken
  • Parasites, insects, mites and rodents.
  • (cont) Disease prevention and animal welfare
  • Waste management
  • Tables of equivalents
  • Selected sources of poultry information.