A Pocket Guide to: Poultry Health and Disease
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A Pocket Guide to: Poultry Health and Disease
Author(s): Paul McMullinThis new paperback pocket guide has been written specifically as a quick reference guide to poultry health and disease. The book, which has 278 pages provides quick and easy reference to identifying and treating poultry diseases, in addition to providing advice on management issues.
The book is split into eight sections, the first looks briefly at market demands and managing for poultry health. Chapter 2 reviews Biosecurity. Chapter 3 looks at the immune system, vaccines and how they work. Medication is the focus of Chapter 4, which is then followed by the disease chapters. These are split into Disease and syndromes of Chickens and various species, Disease and syndromes of predominantly Turkeys and Disease and syndromes of predominantly Ducks and Geese.
Finally the book ends with a useful glossary of technical terms and conversion tables.
The Perfect Reference Guide for Everyone in Poultry
Availability: In Print
Publication date: January 2004
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 115mm wide x 190mm high x 16mm thick
Weight: 380 grams
Extent: 278 pages
ISBN: 0 9530150 5 X
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- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Satisfying Market Demands
- A Model of Health and Disease in Poultry Populations
- Managing for Poultry Health
- Chapter 2 - Principles of Biosecurity
- Chapter 3 - The Immune System
- Vaccines and How They Work
- Chapter 4 - Poultry Medication
- A Practical Guide to Medicines and Feed Additives
- Legal Requirements
- How Medicines are Prescribed
- Understanding Dosage Levels
- Administering Medicines
- Administering Medicines Orally
- Other Types of Medicine for use on the Farm
- Veterinary Health Plans and Planning
- Chapter 5 - Diseases and Syndromes: Introduction
- Occurrence of Disease by Poultry Species - Index
- Chapter 6 - Diseases and Syndromes: Chickens and Various Species
- Chapter 7 - Diseases and Syndromes: Predominantly of Turkeys
- Chapter 8 - Diseases and Syndromes: Predominantly of Ducks and Geese
- Appendix 1 - A Glossary of Technical Terms, and Abbreviations
- Appendix 2 - One answer to the Task A
- Appendix 3 - Some Useful Tables
- Index
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