Author: David Grainger Marcus Wood-GushPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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The Behaviour of the Domestic Fowl
Author: David Grainger Marcus Wood-GushPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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The Behavior of Domestic Fowl
Author: D. G. M. Wood-GushPublisher:
ISBN: 9780844802763
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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The Behaviour of the Domestic Fowl, by D.G.M. Wood-Gush
Author: David Grainger Marcus Wood-GushPublisher:
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Category : Poultry Behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
The Behavioural Biology of Chickens
Author: Christine J NicolPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1780642490
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Chickens are by far the world’s most widely farmed animal, kept for both meat and egg production. They are at the centre of many debates regarding housing and production systems, causing significant interest in what lies behind chicken behaviour. This accessible book covers sensory biology, behavioural development, preferences and aversions, social behaviour, learning and cognition, behavioural issues in different systems and solutions for behavioural problems. Authored by an authority on chicken ethology, it brings together the fields of animal behaviour, neuroscience, psychology and epidemiology to provide a comprehensive understanding of chicken behaviour and help improve the lives of farmed chickens around the world.
Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery
Author: Cheryl B. GreenacrePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118335430
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
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 begins with introductory chapters covering general information, an overview of US laws, and basic husbandry concerns, then moves into specific disease chapters organized by system. The book takes an individual medicine perspective throughout, with photographs, radiographs, and histopathological photomicrographs to illustrate principles and diseases. Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery is an invaluable guide to diseases and treatments for any practitioners treating backyard poultry.
Cognitive Aspects of Social Behaviour in the Domestic Fowl
Author: René ZayanPublisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780444427564
Category : Chickens
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Understanding the Behaviour and Improving the Welfare of Chickens
Author: Christine NicolPublisher: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Sc
ISBN: 9781786764225
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Part 1 of this volume reviews advances in research on key aspects of poultry behaviour and welfare monitoring. Part 2 discusses particular welfare issues affecting broilers and layers such as housing and environmental enrichment as well as problems such as injurious pecking and bone health.
Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
Author: Michael C. ApplebyPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 0851996671
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This authoritative textbook provides an introduction and guide to poultry behavior and welfare. It describes the origin and biology of the various species of bird that are of agricultural importance, as well as giving a succinct overview of their key behavior patterns. There is careful discussion of the many factors that influence their welfare, and detailed consideration of the ways in which legislation and commercial interests interact in an attempt to satisfy the many needs involved. The final chapters discuss possible future developments within the subject. The book is in part an update of a previous work, Poultry Production Systems: Behaviour, Management and Welfare (CABI, 1992), completely rewritten and with much new material added.
The Effect of Diet Change on the Behaviour of the Domestic Fowl
Author: Studies on the Feeding Behaviour of the Domestic Fowl
Author: D. Michael GowerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poultry
Languages : en
Pages :
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