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Poultry health : a guide for professionals /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Barrow, P. A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston : CABI, [2021]
Subjects:
Poultry > Diseases.
Poultry > Physiology.
Poultry > Health.
Poultry.
Poultry Diseases.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Basic anatomy and physiology
  • The immune system of the chicken
  • The genetics of disease resistance in poultry
  • The poultry industry
  • The broiler industry and management of broilers and broiler parents
  • The commercial layer industry, management and disease
  • Backyard (pet) poultry
  • The turkey industry and diseases
  • The duck industry and diseases
  • Diseases of gamebirds
  • Hatchery practice
  • Feeding poultry and potential problems associated with diet
  • Skeletal problems
  • Bacterial diseases
  • Viral diseases
  • Parasite diseases
  • The chicken microbiota and how to modulate it
  • Biosecurity
  • Poultry chemotherapy and antimicrobials
  • Vaccination strategies and application of vaccines
  • How to carry out a field investigation
  • Laboratory diagnosis of poultry diseases
  • Legislation.