Small Scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide

Small Scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide
Author: E B Sonaiya
Publisher: Daya Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: Chickens
ISBN: 9788170355021

This technical guide promotes sustainable small-scale, family based poultry production. It gives a comprehensive review of all aspects of small-scale poultry production in developing countries and includes sections on feeding and nutrition, housing, general husbandry and flock health. Regional differences in production practices are also described. The guide provides the technical and scientific building blocks needed to develop sustainable programmes for small-scale poultry production. It will be of practical value to those keeping or planning to keep poultry and as a valuable technical reference for poultry specialists, researchers, students and those interested in broader rural development issues. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Species and Breeds; Chapter 3: Feed Resources; Chapter 4: General Management; Chapter 5: Incubation and Hatching; Chapter 6: Health; Chapter 7: Breed Improvement; Chapter 8: Production Economics; Chapter 9: Marketing; Chapter 10: Research and Development for Family Poultry.

Poultry Quality Evaluation

Poultry Quality Evaluation
Author: Massimiliano Petracci
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0081007698

Poultry Quality Evaluation: Quality Attributes and Consumer Values provides a new reference source that covers these aspects with the same scientific authority as texts on traditional poultry meat quality values. The book's first section explores new developments in our understanding of how muscle structure affects the eating qualities of cooked meat. The second section highlights new techniques for measuring, predicting, and producing poultry meat quality and how these new techniques help us minimize variability in eating quality and/or maximize value. The final section identifies the current qualities of consumer and public perceptions, including what is sustainable, ethical, desirable, and healthy in poultry production and consumption. - Brings together top researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the new elements of poultry quality evaluation - Provides a comprehensive reference source on poultry with the same scientific authority as texts on more broad traditional meat quality values - Contains contributions from editors who are very well known and highly respected in the field

Pastured Poultry Profits

Pastured Poultry Profits
Author: Joel Salatin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Chicken industry
ISBN: 9780963810908

A proven production model is described, which is capable of producing an income from a small acreage of equal or superior to that of off-farm jobs.

Practical Poultry Keeping

Practical Poultry Keeping
Author: David Bland
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2014-11-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1847979726

Practical Poultry Keeping is a clear, in-depth guide to this topical subject that will enable anyone to keep poultry for pleasure or profit. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs and explanatory line-drawings, it includes: poultry breeds and uses; poultry housing and equipment; breeding and sexing birds; common problems with eggs; natural and artificial incubation and rearing; nutrition and diet; rearing birds for the table; effective planning, management and marketing and recognizing and preventing common diseases.

Special Land Units

Special Land Units
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1945
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Small-scale Poultry Production

Small-scale Poultry Production
Author: Emmanuel Babafunso Sonaiya
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251050828

This technical guide seeks to promote sustainable small-scale, family-based poultry production, by reviewing all aspects of small-scale poultry production in developing countries. It includes sections on feeding and nutrition, housing, general husbandry and flocks health, regional differences in health practices.

Columbia Basin Joint Investigations

Columbia Basin Joint Investigations
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1942
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

A series of reports on problems being studied by participants in the Joint Investigations to plan for the successful development and settlement of the Columbia Basin irrigation project.