Backyard poultry medicine and surgery : a guide for veterinary practitioners / / edited by Cheryl B. Greenacre and Teresa Y. Morishita

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819595103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015
• ISBN: 1-118-91107-5; 1-118-40384-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1291 p.)
• Disciplina: 636.5/0896
• Soggetti: Poultry - Diseases; Poultry - Surgery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Laws and regulations governing backyard poultry in the US / Bruce Nixon -- Common breeds of backyard poultry / Lillian Gerhardt -- Basic housing and management / Darrin Karcher -- Anseriforme husbandry and management / Scott Echols -- Backyard poultry nutrition / Todd Applegate -- Parasitic diseases / Richard Gerhold -- Physical examination, anatomy, and physiology / Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, Wael Khamas, and Cheryl Greenacre -- Biosecurity and zoonotic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Cheryl Greenacre, and Marcy Souza -- Avian influenza and viscerotropic velogenic (exotic) Newcastle disease / Richard Fulton -- Respiratory diseases / Richard Fulton -- Musculoskeletal diseases / Cheryl Greenacre -- Dermatological diseases / Angela Lennox -- Reproductive diseases / Eric Gingerich and Daniel Shaw -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Robert Porter, Jr. -- Cardiovascular diseases / Hugues Beaufrere, Nobuko Wakamatsu -- Soft tissue surgery / Scott Echols -- Egg diagnostics / Teresa Morishita, Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, and Darrin Karcher -- Diagnostic lab sampling / Rocio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad -- Interpretation of laboratory results and values / Rocio Crespo, and H.L. Shivaprasad -- Regulatory considerations for medication use in poultry / Lisa Tell and Tara Marmulak -- Vaccination of poultry / Robert Porter, Jr.
• Sommario/riassunto: Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery is a practical resource offering guidance on developing diagnostic and treatment plans for individual companion poultry or small flocks. Organized by body system to aid in developing a differential diagnosis list for common presenting signs, the book provides all the information clinicians need to effectively treat backyard poultry. Written by experts from both the commercial poultry field and the companion avian field, the book provides thorough coverage of both common and less common diseases of backyard chickens, ducks, and other poultry. The book b