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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureSeptember 2023Pre and Probiotics for Poultry Gut Health
by Helen Masey O'Neill, Emily Burton, Dawn Scholey
Poultry are the most widely used animal protein source in the world: billions of meat birds are produced globally each year, using 360 million tonnes of feed. Within Europe, over 30,000 companies involved in the production of poultry create an annual turnover of €107 billion. However, maintaining the sustainability of the industry as it moves towards antibiotic-free production is one of the key challenges. Starting with an overview of antibiotics as growth promoters and the challenges faced as the industry moves away from their use, this book then thoroughly considers the potential of pre and probiotic additives in poultry gut health. The book: - Includes thorough definitions of additives in the pre and probiotic space and examples of how they work; - Addresses how to test pre and probiotics and other similar additives, and how they interact with other products, with learning from both poultry and allied sectors; - Combines authors from both academic and industry backgrounds on all chapters, to ensure coverage is balanced, robust and commercially relevant. Based on the renowned World Poultry Science Association UK Branch Poultry Science Symposium 2022, this book provides a thorough and valuable contribution to the field for all involved with the nutrition and production of poultry.
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Children's & YA2018The Magic Bird
by Ken Spillman and Malavika PC
A lone bird hungry for magic pecks at alphabet shapes. It looks through glass windows of book stores and glances at the t-shirts of pedestrians with the hope of solving the mystery hidden behind those letters. Soon, the words become familiar and the bird determinedly starts collecting scraps of paper to build a nest, wanting to hatch its ideas with warmth and nurture them through potential and free imagination. The unusual combination of Ken Spillman’s simple yet eloquent prose and Malavika PC’s inspired images combine in perfect harmony to express the powerful story of The Magic Bird. The bird reminds the reader of the extraordinary components which create something as ordinary as language, and the value of spreading our wings to take stories to others.
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MedicineSeptember 2018Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry
by Robert Blair
Organic poultry production has increased significantly in recent years to keep up with increasing consumer demand for organic eggs and meat. There are many guidelines and restrictions on what should go into the feed of organically-farmed poultry, from which difficulties arise when trying to ensure a well-balanced nutritious diet without the use of any unapproved supplements. This, the second edition of Robert Blair's classic and bestselling book on the nutrition and feeding of organic poultry, presents advice for organic producers, and the agencies and organizations serving them. It covers: - Selecting suitable ingredients. - Preparing appropriate feed mixtures and integrating them into organic poultry production systems. - International standards for organic feeding. - Breeds that are most suitable for organic farming. - Examples of diets formulated to organic standards. Completely updated and revised to address how to formulate organic diets in situations where there is a declining supply of organic feed, this new edition also includes up-to-date information on the nutritional requirements of poultry and feed-related disease incidence in organic flocks. Also including the feasibility of utilizing novel feed, such as insect meal, and their acceptability by consumers of organic meat products, this book forms a comprehensive reference for students, organic farmers, veterinarians and researchers.
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Poultry farmingApril 2016Sustainable Poultry Production in Europe
by Edited by Emily Burton, Joanne Gatcliffe, Helen Masey O'Neill, Dawn Scholey
Examining sustainable poultry production systems across Europe, this book contains a selected cross section of papers from the 2014 UK Poultry Science Symposium. It reviews essential topics such as resources and supply chains, the global poultry market, risk management, zoonoses and green issues. Providing a compilation of the most current research in the poultry science and production industry, this book is an important resource for both researchers and professionals.
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Poultry farmingJuly 2008Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry
by Robert Blair, J Jacob
Organic poultry production Has increased significantly in recent years in response to increasing consumer demand for orgnaic eggs and meat. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry is the first comrehensive text on feeding organic poultry; presenting advice on selecting suitable ingredients, preparing appropriate feed mixtures and intergrating them into organic poultry production systems.The international standards of organic feeding, the species and breeds of poultry most suitable for organic farming , up-to-date information on the nutritional requirements of poultry, and examples of diets formulated to organic standards are all discussed.
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October 2021Poultry Health
A Guide for Professionals
by Paul Barrow, Venugopal Nair, Susan Baigent, Robert Atterbury, Michael Clark
Poultry are a major source of valuable high-quality protein for much of the world's population, so food security is heavily dependent on maintaining poultry health. They are also increasingly important as specialist hobby animals in back-yard flocks. Despite this, veterinarians specializing in the care and health of these important domestic animals are few and far between, and many vets in small animal practice have little real experience of poultry health management and disease. Providing a comprehensive overview, this new handbook will help to plug this gap with 46 chapters of practical and accessible poultry health and management. The book: Covers the poultry industry, basic avian biology, infectious and non-infectious diseases and their agents, infection control, and disease investigation and legislation. Includes full colour images for ease of identification and diagnosis, in addition to practical guides to disease prevention. Considers areas of increasing global importance, such as antimicrobial resistance. Written by international experts, this book forms a valuable illustrated resource for veterinary professionals, veterinary students, or those entering the poultry industry.
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Animal husbandryOctober 1995Reproduction in Poultry
by Robert J Etches
This book describes the biological basis of reproduction in poultry and places this information in the context of poultry production. The author has collated and integrated recent information from a variety of sources in order to highlight the principles of the reproductive biology of poultry. This is achieved through a well-illustrated and tabulated text which emphasizes integration rather than comprehensive literature citations. The book begins by considering the egg, proceeds to a brief description of embryonic and chick development as they relate to poultry production, and describes the physiological processes that lead to formation of the fertile egg. It concludes with a discussion of the relationship between measurements of reproductive success that are commonly used in the poultry industry and their ability to reflect the physiological processes that contribute to successful reproduction. The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates or graduate students studying animal reproduction or agriculture, as well as scientists working in the poultry industry.
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Animal husbandryApril 2012Alternative Systems for Poultry
Health, Welfare and Productivity
by Edited by Victoria Sandilands, Paul M. Hocking.
Recent interest in how poultry are housed and managed in order to ensure profitability, sustainability, and good levels of animal welfare, are challenging issues that commercial poultry keepers face, particularly where legislation is bringing about legal requirements for housing. This book compares and contrasts alternative housing with conventional and traditional systems for commercial poultry (laying hens, meat chickens, turkeys, waterfowl and gamebirds) with regards to welfare, disease, health, nutrition, sustainability and genotype-environment interaction.
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Animal breedingNovember 1996Principles of Poultry Science
by Edited by S P Rose
Poultry are farmed and are important sources of protein throughout the world. All students of agriculture are likely to be required to study poultry science to at least an introductory level. However, hitherto there has been no suitable textbook serving the needs of students taking a general introductory course in poultry science. This book aims to fill this gap. It explains the science underlying the productive processes of growth, reproduction and incubation. The applications of nutrition and breeding techniques are described. The book covers all the commercially important poultry species, including turkeys, quail, guinea fowls, ducks and geese, but the main emphasis is on the domestic fowl. The overall purpose is to provide the student with an understanding of the characteristics and physiological responses of domesticated poultry, with particular reference to production. The emphasis is on modelling responses rather than on biochemical and hormonal processes. The author stresses basic concepts and models, rather than practical production systems, so that the book should have worldwide applicability. The book represents a key text for degree and advanced diploma courses in agriculture.
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December 2024Livestock Handling and Transport
by Temple Grandin, John Abizaid, Faith Reyes, Adrian Barber, Donald M Broom, Michelle S. Calvo-Lorenzo, Dana L. M. Campbell, John Church, Michael Cockram, Lorna Coppinger, Raymond Coppinger, Roger Ewbank, Luigi Faucitano, Robert B. Freeman, Wendy K Fulwider, Carmen Gallo, Arlene Garcia-Marquez, Peter J Goddard, Temple Grandin, Paul H Hemsworth, Katherine A. Houpt, Stella Maris Huertas Canén, Geoffrey D. Hutson, Anna Johnson, Meagan King, Bert Lambooij, Pol Llonch Obiols, Edmond A. Pajor, Mateus J.R. Paranhos da Costa, Genaro C. Miranda-de la Lama, Miriam Parker, Clive J C Phillips, Matthew J. Ritter, Emma Fabreger I Romans, Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Antonio Velarde, Kurt Vogel, Claire A Weeks, Carissa L. Wickens, S. Wilhelmsson, Trevor DeVries, Gabriel Dallago, Ashlyn Scott, Juliana Ribas, J. Gooding, S. Carr, C. Yoder, C. Jones, A. K. Johnson, A. Garcia, Jayson Galbraith
Edited by world-renowned animal scientist Dr Temple Grandin, this book integrates scientific research and industry literature on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, goats, deer, and horses, in both the developed and developing world, to provide a practical guide to humane handling and minimizing animal stress. Reviewing the latest research on transport systems, restraint methods and facilities for farms and slaughterhouses, this new edition expands on new developments in the field, as well as covering the integration of and potential welfare benefits and costs of technological advances such as virtual fencing. An important read for animal scientists, animal welfare researchers and practitioners, and veterinarians, this straightforward text is also a valuable resource for stock-people and farmers.
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MedicineApril 2019Poultry Feathers and Skin
The Poultry Integument in Health and Welfare
by Oluyinka A Olukosi, Ariane Helmbrecht, Victor Olori, Nick French, Sarah Lambton
Based on the proceedings of a recent symposium, this book documents the significant developments that have been made in our understanding the importance of the integument to poultry species. It traces the development of the skin and feathers over time and discusses our current understanding of the integument's embryonic development. A broad range of studies are included, covering: genetics, welfare, health, nutrition, and management. The book provides a comprehensive yet concise summary of information that will be useful both in the poultry industry and for researchers in animal science and welfare at a postgraduate level.
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Classic fiction (Children's/YA)August 2018Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
A South African Edition
by Carroll, Lewis / Bird, Megan
Megan Bird has re-imagined this wonderful children's tale by Lewis Carroll to be a modern twist of maddened adventure. Alice's Adventure in Wonderland is about a curious little girl called Alice, whose curiousity leads her to fall down a rabbit hole and into a marvelously troublesome world. What follows is a series of colourful, excited, mad, and sometimes unfortunate, events... where Alice must decide of just what mind she's made up of, and how to get home.
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Agriculture & related industriesMay 2008Poultry Production in Hot Climates
by Edited by Nuhad J Daghir.
The poultry industry continues to expand in the warm regions of the world at a much faster rate than in temperate zones. Not only can it be quickly and easily developed in these hot climates but poultry meat and eggs can serve as important sources of animal protein in those areas of the world that have protein insufficiency. Fully revised and updated, this new edition describes how the detrimental effects of heat stress can be reduced through the manipulation of housing, breeding, nutrition and management, and includes new contributions on controlled-environment housing, waterfowl, and breeding fast-growing broilers.
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Zoology & animal sciencesDecember 2014Nutritional Modelling for Pigs and Poultry
by Hilda C P Bendezu, Melina A Bonato, Edney Pereira da Silva, Daniella C.Z. Donato, Juliano C P Dorigam, Jean-Yves Dourmad, Neil S Ferguson, Antonio Sergio Ferraudo, Colin Fisher, Frank Liebert, Edgar Oviedo-Rondón, Candido Pomar, Virginie Rivera-Torres, Normand St-Pierre, Jaap van Milgen, Nilva K Sakomura. Edited by Nilva K Sakmoura, Rob Gous, Ilias Kyriazakis, L Hauschild.
Modelling is a useful tool for decision making in complex agro-industrial scenarios. Containing a selection of the papers presented at the International Symposium of Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production 2013, this book brings together the best and most recent academic work on modelling in the pig and poultry industry, with a particular emphasis on nutrition. It reviews basic modelling concepts, descriptions and applications of production models and new methods and approaches in modelling.
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Animal breedingJune 2003Poultry Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology
by William M Muir, Samual E Aggrey
This comprehensive research book represents the first complete integration of current knowledge in this area. It addresses issues associated with poultry breeding particularly by examining quantitative and molecular genetics and the uses of transgenic technology. A special section covers the important area of disease resistance and transmission.
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Animal breedingJuly 2004Poultry Behaviour and Welfare
by Barry O Hughes. Edited by Michael C Appleby, Joy A Mench.
This authoritative textbook provides an introduction and guide to poultry behaviour 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 behaviour 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.
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureAugust 2016Nutrition Experiments in Pigs and Poultry
A Practical Guide
by Michael R Bedford, Mingan Choct, Helen Masey O'Neill
This practical research text provides an invaluable resource for all animal and veterinary scientists designing, analysing and interpreting results from nutrition and feed experiments in pigs and poultry. The emphasis throughout is on practical aspects of designing nutrition experiments. The book builds on the basics and proceeds to describe the limitations of experiment design involving different ingredients. It goes on to describe the characterization of experimental diets including ingredient selection, composition and the minimum proximate analysis required. The text details measurements and the tools available for understanding diverse data sets, data analysis and eventual publication of the research. This fully balanced and extensively referenced, yet practical, text is an invaluable resource to all animal, veterinary and biomedical scientists involved in the designing of nutrition experiments in pigs and poultry, and the publication of their research. ; This text describes the limitations of experiment design involving different ingredients, and the characterization of experimental diets including ingredient selection, composition and the minimum proximate analysis required. It details measurements and the tools available for understanding data sets, data analysis and publication of research. ; -: Foreword1: General Principles of Designing a Nutrition Experiment1.1: Introduction1.2: Nutrient Requirements Research1.2.1: Environment1.2.2: Cage versus pen and stocking density1.2.3: Feed and water form and quality1.2.4: Energy – amino acids, carbohydrates and fat1.2.5: Fibre1.2.6: Other nutrients1.2.7: Age1.2.8: Breed and sex1.2.9: Disease status1.3: Ingredient Nutrient Contents Research1.3.1: Cereals1.3.2: Oilseed meals1.3.3: Fats1.3.4: Vitamins and minerals1.3.5: Additives1.3.6: Digestibility studies1.4: Summary2: Most Common Designs and Understanding Their Limits2.1: Introduction2.2: What is the Goal of Simple Research Trials?2.3: Typical Interpretations of Response Data2.4: Choosing an Adequate (or the Best) Model to Use2.5: How Much of a Good Thing is Too Much?2.6: Variation in Bird Growth and Morphology2.7: The Choice of an Experimental Unit2.8: Experimental Power2.9: More Complex Designs for More Complex Questions2.10: Summary3: Practical Relevance of Test Diets3.1: Introduction3.2: Commercially Relevant Animal Performance3.2.1: Indices for measuring animal performance3.2.2: Presentation of animal performance results3.3: Feed Formulation3.3.1: Nutritional considerations for feed formulation3.3.2: Health considerations for feed formulation3.3.3: Processing considerations for feed formulation3.4: Summary4: Characterization of the Experimental Diets4.1: Introduction4.2: Designing Diets: the Semi-synthetic Conundrum?4.2.1: Sugars and starch4.2.2: Fibres4.2.3: Non-feed ingredients and phytate4.3: Designing Diets: Describing Test Ingredients and an Appropriate Basal Diet4.3.1: Trial design to compare one additive with a control4.3.2: Trial design to compare two different additive products4.4: Summary5: Measurements of Nutrients and Nutritive Value5.1: Introduction5.2: In Vitro Measurements5.2.1: Proximate analyses5.2.2: Fibre and carbohydrates in feed5.2.3: Summary5.3: Determining Nutritive Value of Ingredients5.3.1: In vivo experiments5.3.2: Determining the digestibility of speci?c nutrients5.3.3: Indirect measurements of digestibility5.3.4: Summary6: Designing, Conducting and Reporting Swine and Poultry Nutrition Research6.1: Introduction6.2: Planning the Experiment6.2.1: De?ning objectives6.2.2: Written protocol6.2.3: Review of facility capabilities6.2.4: Statistical plan6.2.5: Animal care standards and pig management6.2.6: Data integrity6.3: Interpreting Experimental Outcomes6.4: The Experiment Report6.4.1: Introduction6.4.2: Materials and methods6.4.3: Results6.4.4: Discussion6.4.5: Conclusions6.4.6: Literature cited6.5: Summary7: Extending the Value of the Literature: Data Requirements for Holo-analysis and Interpretation of the Outputs7.1: Introduction7.2: Holo-analysis – Minimum Requirements7.2.1: Considerations in use of data for holo-analysis7.2.2: What makes a good model?7.2.3: Model types7.2.4: Modelling considerations7.2.5: Outputs and interpretation8: Presentation and Publication of Your Data8.1: Publication Is Not the End of Your Research8.2: Scienti?c Style – a Myth Laid Bare8.3: Telling a Scienti?c Story8.4: Structuring the Scienti?c Story8.4.1: The Title8.4.2: The Introduction8.4.3: The Materials and Methods8.4.4: The Results8.4.5: The Discussion8.4.6: The Summary8.5: Scienti?c and Political Correctness8.6: Which Journal Is Best for My Article?8.7: Scienti?c Publication in the Future8.8: Will New Forms of Publication Change the Way We Write?
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Agriculture & related industriesMay 2009Biology of Breeding Poultry
by Edited by Paul M. Hocking
This book reviews the biological science and background to breeding meat poultry, specifically broiler, turkey and duck. These commercial birds have been changed by genetic selection to such an extent that they are substantially different from traditional breeds and laying hens. Covering science, management and husbandry systems, this comprehensive text provides the most up to date collection of papers on the topic from a range of international experts.
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Animal husbandryJuly 2006Mechanistic Modelling in Pig and Poultry Production
by Edited by Colin Fisher, Rob Gous, Trevor R Morris
This book is based on papers presented at a symposium held in 2005 in South Africa. It brings together the most recent academic writings on modelling concepts, problems and applications of models and looks at the development, usefulness and limitations of models in pigs and poultry. Contents includes; description of growth and feed intake, modelling social systems and disease effects, nutrient flow models, energy transactions and energy feed systems, optimisation of broiler nutrition and modelling egg production in layering hens.
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Animal husbandryApril 2006Nutrient Digestion and Utilization in Farm Animals
Modelling Approaches
by Edited by Ermias Kebreab, Jan Dijkstra, André Bannink, Walter J J Gerrits, James (Jim) France
This book brings together the papers presented orally or as posters at the Sixth International Workshopon Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals, held in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 6 - 8 September2004. The purpose of this book is to present current research in modelling nutrient digestion andutilization in cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry and fish.The book is organised into six sections that cover a range of topics and modelling approaches; theseare (i) absorption and passage; (ii) growth and development; (iii) mineral metabolism; (iv) methodology;(v) environmental impact; and (vi) animal production and feed evaluation. Deterministic, stochastic,empirical and mechanistic modelling approaches are described.This book will be of significant interest to researchers and students of animal science, particularly thoseconcerned with nutrition modelling.
