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6 1/8 X 9 1/5 in Section 1 General Overview 1. The poultry indust ry 2. How to carry out a field investigation 3. Laboratory investigation to support health programmes and disease diagnosis 4. Biosecurity in poultry management 5. Vaccines and Vaccinatio n 6. Medicines and medication 7. Legislation and poultry w elfare Section 2 Bacterial Diseases 8. En terobacteriaceae 9. Avian infections caused by species of Pasteur ellaceae,Ornithobacterium and Riemerella: an introduction 10. Fow l cholera 11. Infectious coryza and related diseases 12. G allibacterium infections and other avian Pasteurellaceae 13. Orni thobacterium rhinotracheale 14. Riemerella infections 15 . Avian bordetellosis (turkey coryza) 16. Campylobacter 17. Staphylococci, streptococci and enterococci 18. Clostridia 19. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae ? erysipelas 20. Avian myc oplasmas 21. Avian chlamydophilosis (chlamydiosis/psittacosis/orn ithosis) 22. Some other bacterial diseases Sectio

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This edition has a number of new chapters, as well as expansion and updating of the chapters from the previous version. A new chapter on laboratory investigation complements the chapter on how to carry out a field investigation. The text is easy to read and the format allows the reader to access information quickly on a specific pathogen or disease, making it a useful reference text. This is a first-class book, which is both readable and a comprehensive reference text. It should be in the library of every poultry practice or general practice that aspires to do poultry work. The Veterinary Record, May 2008 The book aims to be the definitive standard reference work on current health and disease issues relevant to anyone involved in working with poultry, with an emphasis on the poultry industry. The editors have done an excellent job of condensing a diverse wealth of knowledge into an acessible format. A large international team of contributors and UK editors, who are active and renowned in their particular fields, has written the chapters and this provides new approaches and ideas. There is good use of high-quality photographs and diagrams, with the easy layout allowing information to obtained quickly. This is a much-needed textbook that provides detailed information on poultry diseases, and is of interest to veterinarians working with small-scale and large-scale poultry-keeping situations. Veterinary Times, August 2008

This edition has a number of new chapters, as well as expansion and updating of the chapters from the previous version. A new chapter on laboratory investigation complements the chapter on how to carry out a field investigation. <br>The text is easy to read and the format allows the reader to access information quickly on a specific pathogen or disease, making it a useful reference text.<br>This is a first-class book, which is both readable and a comprehensive reference text. It should be in the library of every poultry practice or general practice that aspires to do poultry work.<br>The Veterinary Record, May 2008 <br>The book aims to be the definitive standard reference work on current health and disease issues relevant to anyone involved in working with poultry, with an emphasis on the poultry industry. The editors have done an excellent job of condensing a diverse wealth of knowledge into an acessible format. A large international team of contributors and UK editors, who are act

This edition has a number of new chapters, as well as expansion and updating of the chapters from the previous version. A new chapter on laboratory investigation complements the chapter on how to carry out a field investigation. The text is easy to read and the format allows the reader to access information quickly on a specific pathogen or disease, making it a useful reference text.This is a first-class book, which is both readable and a comprehensive reference text. It should be in the library of every poultry practice or general practice that aspires to do poultry work.<b>The Veterinary Record, May 2008</b> The book aims to be the definitive standard reference work on current health and disease issues relevant to anyone involved in working with poultry, with an emphasis on the poultry industry. The editors have done an excellent job of condensing a diverse wealth of knowledge into an acessible format. A large international team of contributors and UK editors, who are active and renowned in their particular fields, has written the chapters and this provides new approaches and ideas. There is good use of high-quality photographs and diagrams, with the easy layout allowing information to obtained quickly. This is a much-needed textbook that provides detailed information on poultry diseases, and is of interest to veterinarians working with small-scale and large-scale poultry-keeping situations. <b>Veterinary Times, August 2008</b>

This edition has a number of new chapters, as well as expansion and updating of the chapters from the previous version. A new chapter on laboratory investigation complements the chapter on how to carry out a field investigation. <br>The text is easy to read and the format allows the reader to access information quickly on a specific pathogen or disease, making it a useful reference text.<br>This is a first-class book, which is both readable and a comprehensive reference text. It should be in the library of every poultry practice or general practice that aspires to do poultry work.<br>The Veterinary Record, May 2008 <br>The book aims to be the definitive standard reference work on current health and disease issues relevant to anyone involved in working with poultry, with an emphasis on the poultry industry. The editors have done an excellent job of condensing a diverse wealth of knowledge into an acessible format. A large international team of contributors and UK editors, who are active and renowned in their particular fields, has written the chapters and this provides new approaches and ideas. There is good use of high-quality photographs and diagrams, with the easy layout allowing information to obtained quickly. This is a much-needed textbook that provides detailed information on poultry diseases, and is of interest to veterinarians working with small-scale and large-scale poultry-keeping situations. <br>Veterinary Times, August 2008

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