Breeding and production
All aspects of poultry breeding, husbandry, rearing and production are covered, including
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- - assessment of nutritive value of feedstuffs and their digestibility
- breed evaluations
- - egg production and quality
- general nutrition
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- feeding requirements
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- growth and development
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- - genetics, reproduction and embryology including animal breeding methods
- meat production
- - molecular genetics
Diseases and health
All aspects of poultry health and diseases are covered, including
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- bacteria such as Escherichia, Salmonella and Mycoplasma
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- nutritional and metabolic disorders
- parasites
- - pharmacology
- - physiology
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- viral diseases such as Newcastle disease, infectious bronchitis and Marek's disease
Economics
All aspects of economics involved in poultry production, including
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- - management of poultry businesses
- products, including rural and developing country production
- - supply and demand and price trends for poultry production
- - veterinary and health economics
Housing and equipment
All aspects of housing and equipment, including
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- - cages and floor systems
- climate and pollution control
- legislation and regulations
- - litter
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- - slaughter and processing machinery
- ventilation
Poultry products
A wide area of coverage, including
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- - post-abattoir processing and manufacture
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- - risks for human consumption of poultry meat and eggs
Poultry wastes
Covering aspects of wastes and effluents produced by poultry and by industrial processing of poultry products, including
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- manures
- - slurries
- - waste disposal
Other aspects
Recently published conferences, annual reports and books on any aspect of poultry production are included. Plus, papers on miscellaneous aspects such as
- - ecology and monitoring of wild avian species closely related to those commonly regarded as major poultry species
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- - wild game population control