Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery. A Guide for Veterinary Practitioners

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.

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

Chapter 1. Laws and Regulations Governing Backyard Poultry in the US
Bruce Nixon

Chapter 2. Common Breeds of Backyard Poultry
Lillian Gerhardt

Chapter 3. Basic Housing and Management
Darrin Karcher

Chapter 4. Anseriforme Husbandry and Management
Scott Echols

Chapter 5. Backyard Poultry Nutrition
Todd Applegate

Chapter 6. Parasitic Diseases
Richard Gerhold

SECTION 2: MEDICINE AND SURGERY

Chapter 7. Physical Examination, Anatomy, and Physiology
Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, Wael Khamas and Cheryl Greenacre

Chapter 8. Biosecurity and Zoonotic Diseases
Teresa Morishita, Cheryl Greenacre, and Marcy Souza

Chapter 9. Avian Influenza and Viscerotropic Velogenic (Exotic) Newcastle Disease
Richard Fulton

Chapter 10. Respiratory Diseases
Richard Fulton

Chapter 11. Musculoskeletal Diseases
Cheryl Greenacre

Chapter 12. Dermatological Diseases
Angela Lennox

Chapter 13. Reproductive Diseases
Eric Gingerich, and Daniel Shaw

Chapter 14. Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases
Teresa Morishita, Robert Porter, Jr.

Chapter 15. Cardiovascular Diseases
Hugues Beaufrere, Nobuko Wakamatsu

Chapter 16. Soft Tissue Surgery
Scott Echols

SECTION 3: DIAGNOSTICS, DRUGS AND VACCINES

Chapter 17. Egg Diagnostics
Teresa Morishita, Josep Rutllant-Labeaga and Darrin Karcher

Chapter 18. Diagnostic Lab Sampling
Rosio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad

Chapter 19. Interpretation of Laboratory Results and Values
Rosio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad

Chapter 20. Regulatory Considerations for Medication Use in Poultry
Lisa Tell and Tara Marmulak

Chapter 21. Vaccination of Poultry
Robert Porter, Jr.

Authors

Cheryl B. Greenacre, DVM, DABVP-Avian, DABVP-ECM, is a professor of Avian and Zoological Medicine at the University of Tennessee’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Teresa Y. Morishita, DVM, MPVM, MS, PhD, DACPV, is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Poultry Medicine & Food Safety at Western University College of Veterinary Medicine in Pomona, California, USA.