Poultry nutrition : for the use of feed manufacturers, feed dealers, feed salesmen and service men, veterinarians, hatcherymen, breeders and poultrymen : a text and reference book for instructors, students and all persons interested in poultry feeds and feeding /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ewing, W. Ray (William Ray), 1894-1980
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pasadena, Calif. : Ray Ewing Co., 1963.
Edition:Fifth edition (revised).
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Importance of quality controlled feeds
  • Feed supplements and micro-ingredients
  • The egg factory and egg quality
  • Various feeding systems
  • Restricted feeding
  • Water
  • Liquid feed ingredients
  • Taste-flavors
  • Granulation of poultry feeds
  • Pelleting of poultry feeds
  • Digestibility and palatability
  • Energy values - high efficiency feeds
  • Calorie-protein ratio
  • Broiler feeding
  • Laying hens
  • Breeding hens
  • Caged layers
  • Proteins and amino acids
  • Fermentation by-products
  • Poultry by-products
  • Grains and carbohydrate feeds
  • Molasses
  • Fats in the poultry ration
  • Fiber in the poultry ration
  • Alfalfa in the poultry ration
  • Minerals in the poultry ration
  • Egg shell quality
  • Salt in the poultry ration
  • Perosis, or "slipped tendon"
  • Vitamins in poultry nutrition
  • Vitamin "A"
  • Vitamin B-complex
  • Niacin
  • Folic acid
  • Pyridoxin
  • Choline
  • Vitamin B₁₂
  • Vitamin "C"
  • Vitamin "D"
  • Vitamin "E"
  • Riboflavin
  • Pantothenic acid
  • Biotin
  • Chick gizzard factor
  • The anti-hemorrhagic vitamin (Vitamin "K")
  • Nutritional encephalomalacia, or "crazy chick" disorder
  • Nutrition of turkeys
  • Nutrition of ducks
  • Nutrition of geese
  • Nutrition of game birds
  • Nutrition of pigeons
  • Hormones
  • Dietary control of coccidiosis
  • Poisons and feeds
  • Enzymes
  • Pigmentation
  • Antibiotics
  • Feed additives
  • Antioxidants
  • Unidentified factors
  • Stress in poultry and turkeys - tranquilizers
  • Nutrient requirements of poultry
  • Formulating poultry rations
  • Analyses and conversion tables - miscellaneous