Bibliograph

The chicken health handbook, a complete guide to maximizing flock health and dealing with disease, Gail Damerow

Type

Label

The chicken health handbook, a complete guide to maximizing flock health and dealing with disease, Gail Damerow

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The chicken health handbook

Oclc number

922836205

Responsibility statement

Gail Damerow

Sub title

a complete guide to maximizing flock health and dealing with disease

Summary

Gail Damerow is the foremost authority on chickens in the United States, and her classic referenceThe Chicken Health Handbook (originally published in 1994) is now completely revised with up-to-the minute information and full-color photography and illustrations. This essential guide thoroughly addresses every aspect of chicken health, including good nutrition; bacterial, viral, and fungal diseases; parasites and worms; reproductive issues; immune health; metabolic dysfunctions; and much more, with detailed solutions for any health problem your chickens encounter. This new second edition emphasizes natural and preventive approaches and covers issues specific to raising chickens in the city. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

Keeping chickens healthy -- Good nutrition means healthy chickens -- The inner chicken -- Mysteries of metabolism -- What's bugging your birds -- When chickens get wormy -- Diseases caused by protozoa -- Conditions caused by bacteria -- The fungus among us -- Diseases caused by viruses -- Management issues -- Diagnostic guides -- What's going on inside -- Treatments and therapies -- Your chickens and your health -- Quick guide to diseases and disorders

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