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Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery: A Guide for Veterinary Practitioners, 2nd Edition

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Backyard Poultry Medicine And Surgery: A Guide For Veterinary Practitioners, 2Nd Edition Pdf Download

By Cheryl B. Greenacre and Teresa Y. Morishita

You can look to Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, Second Edition for practical veterinary information on the treatment of poultry. You’ll find six new chapters covering radiology, toxicology, euthanasia, gross pathology, behavior, and emergency medicine. The book is written by some of the most respected specialists in a broad range of fields.

With many original chapters also significantly expanded, the book provides a complete guide to all aspects of husbandry, medicine, and surgery for poultry. Diseases are organized by body systems to aid in developing a diagnosis. This book supports your work as a practitioner, whether you treat birds occasionally or regularly.

Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery: A Guide for Veterinary Practitioners, 2nd Edition is providing enhanced and updated information to support all types of practitioners—from the dedicated avian veterinarian to those who rarely treat these species.

Features
  • Review information on the topics of husbandry, medicine, and surgery
  • Gain guidance on developing a diagnostic or treatment plan for the individual or small flock of poultry
  • Choose appropriate doses of labeled and extra-label drugs
  • Find new chapters on emergency medicine, toxicology, euthanasia, gross pathology, normal and abnormal radiographic findings, and other key topics
  • Use color photographs to aid in breed identification and poultry disease diagnoses
  • View photographs, videos, and linked references and websites on an accompanying website
Table of Contents

Section 1: General Care

Chapter 1 – Laws and Regulations Governing Backyard Poultry in the US

Chapter 2 – Common Breeds of Backyard Poultry

Chapter 3 – Chicken and Turkey Husbandry and Management

Chapter 4 – Anseriforme Husbandry and Management

Chapter 5 – Biosecurity

Chapter 6 – Backyard Poultry Nutrition

Section 2: Initial Examinations

Chapter 7 – Anatomy, and Physiology

Chapter 8 – Physical Examination

Chapter 9 – Radiographic Evaluation of Normal and Common Diseases

Section 3: Diseases

Chapter 10 – Zoonotic Diseases

Chapter 11 – Parasitic Diseases

Chapter 12 – Respiratory Diseases

Chapter 13 – Avian Influenza and Viscerotropic Velogenic (Exotic) Newcastle Disease

Chapter 14 – Musculoskeletal Diseases

Chapter 15 – Dermatological Diseases

Chapter 16 – Reproductive Diseases

Chapter 17 – Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases

Chapter 18 – Cardiovascular Diseases

Section 4: Specialized Care and Surgery

Chapter 19 – Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Chapter 20 – Common Toxicoses

Chapter 21 – Soft Tissue Surgery

Chapter 22 – Behavior

Section 5: Diagnosis of Disease

Chapter 23 – Euthanasia of Companion Poultry

Chapter 24 – Egg Diagnostics

Chapter 25 – How to Perform a Necropsy

Chapter 26 – Diagnostic Laboratory Sampling

Chapter 27 – Interpretation of Laboratory Results and Values

Section 6: Treatment and Prevention of Disease

Chapter 28 – Regulatory Considerations for Medication Use in Poultry

Chapter 29 – Commonly Used Medications

Chapter 30 – Vaccination of Poultry

Index

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