The Chicken Health Handbook: A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease
| AUTHOR | Damerow, Gail |
| PUBLISHER | Storey Publishing (12/29/2015) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
The best-selling classic reference by America's leading chicken authority. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe. This essential guide to keeping your chickens healthy and productive includes the latest information on:
- Practicing preventive healthcare
- Using natural approaches to enhance the immune system
- Treating and avoiding news-making diseases
- Raising healthy chickens in an urban environment
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Product Format
Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781612120133
ISBN-10:
161212013X
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0002
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Page Count:
496
Carton Quantity:
10
Product Dimensions:
6.90 x 1.10 x 9.10 inches
Weight:
2.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
CN
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry
Technology & Engineering | Veterinary Medicine - Food Animal
Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture
Dewey Decimal:
636.508
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The best-selling classic reference by America's leading chicken authority. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You'll find helpful descriptions of troublesome ailments of all types, from poor egg production to crooked toe syndrome. Practical remedies and gentle preventative care measures will help your beloved flock stay happy, healthy, and safe. This essential guide to keeping your chickens healthy and productive includes the latest information on:
- Practicing preventive healthcare
- Using natural approaches to enhance the immune system
- Treating and avoiding news-making diseases
- Raising healthy chickens in an urban environment
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Author:
Damerow, Gail
Gail Damerow, author of "The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition", has written extensively on raising chickens and other livestock, growing fruits and vegetables, and related rural know-how in more than a dozen country skills how-to books, including the best-selling "Storey s Guide to Raising Chickens", "The Chicken Encyclopedia", and "Hatching and Brooding Your Own Chicks". Damerow is a regular contributor to "Backyard Poultry" and "Countryside "magazines. She lives in Tennessee with her husband, where they operate a family farm with poultry and dairy goats, a sizable garden, and a small orchard.
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