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Backyard poultry medicine and surgery : a guide for veterinary practitioners /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Other Authors: Greenacre, Cheryl B., 1963- (Editor), Morishita, Teresa Y., 1963- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Subjects:
Poultry > Diseases.
Poultry > Surgery.
Poultry.
Animal Husbandry > methods.
Poultry Diseases.
Veterinary Medicine > methods.
United States.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Laws and regulations governing backyard poultry in the US
  • Common breeds of backyard poultry
  • Basic housing and management
  • Anseriforme husbandry and management
  • Backyard poultry nutrition
  • Parasitic diseases
  • Physical examination, anatomy, and physiology
  • Biosecurity and zoonotic diseases
  • Avian influenza and viscerotropic velogenic (exotic) Newcastle disease
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Musculoskeletal diseases
  • Dermatological diseases
  • Reproductive diseases
  • Gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases
  • Cardiovascular diseases
  • Soft tissue surgery
  • Egg diagnostics
  • Diagnostic lab sampling
  • Interpretation of laboratory results and values
  • Regulatory considerations for medication use in poultry
  • Vaccination of poultry