Handbook Of Poultry Diseases

Description

If a poultry producer is to reap all the benefits from the investment of money, time and labour, he must maintain a healthy and parasite-free flock. The health status of his birds is important to the producer whether he maintains a backyard flock or commercial poultry flock. Constant monitoring of the flock is the first step in detecting diseases. Identification of the cause and appropriate treatment can prevent a minor condition from becoming an unprofitable enterprise. There are many common and important diseases which can affect the respiratory system of poultry. Poultry refers to birds that people keep for their use and generally includes the chicken, turkey, duck, goose, quail, pheasant, pigeon, guinea fowl, peafowl, ostrich, emu and rhea. Due to modern systems of management, usually with high poultry densities, these diseases are able to readily spread. Some important measures for their prevention are slaughtering of all apparently ailing birds, segregating of in contact in groups of 10 to 15 each, removal of all infective materials such as droppings, residues of poultry cleanliness and provision of separate attendants for each group of birds. This book explores the latest advances in the field of this subject. The subject matter, both as regards the arrangement of chapters as well as contents, is designed to meet the requirement of the students in several Universities.