Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery (eBook)

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.

Contributors ix

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Companion website xvii

Section I: General Information

1 Laws and Regulations Governing Backyard Poultry in the United
States 3

J. Bruce Nixon

2 Common Breeds of Backyard Poultry 18

Lillian Gerhardt

3 Basic Housing and Management 27

Darrin Karcher

4 Anseriforme Husbandry and Management 34

M. Scott Echols

5 Backyard Poultry Nutrition 72

Todd J. Applegate

6 Parasitic Diseases 82

Richard Gerhold

Section II: Medicine and Surgery

7 Physical Examination Anatomy and Physiology 95

Wael Khamas Josep Rutllant-Labeaga and Cheryl B.
Greenacre

8 Biosecurity and Zoonotic Diseases 117

Teresa Y. Morishita Cheryl B. Greenacre and Marcy Souza

9 Avian Influenza and Viscerotropic Velogenic (Exotic) Newcastle
Disease 133

Richard M. Fulton

10 Respiratory Disease 137

Richard M. Fulton

11 Musculoskeletal Diseases 145

Cheryl B. Greenacre

12 Dermatological Diseases 160

Angela Lennox

13 Reproductive Diseases 169

Eric Gingerich and Daniel Shaw

14 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Diseases 181

Teresa Y. Morishita and Robert E. Porter Jr.

15 Cardiovascular Diseases 204

Hugues Beaufrère and Nobuko Wakamatsu

16 Soft Tissue Surgery 220

M. Scott Echols

Section III: Diagnostics Drugs and Vaccines

17 Egg Diagnostics 263

Teresa Y. Morishita Josep Rutllant-Labeaga and Darrin
Karcher

18 Diagnostic Lab Sampling 275

Rocio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad

19 Interpretation of Laboratory Results and Values 283

Rocio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad

20 Regulatory Considerations for Medication Use in Poultry
297

Lisa Tell and Tara Marmulak

21 Vaccination of Poultry 321

Robert E. Porter Jr.

Index 329

"This book will be an indispensable reference for practitioners who occasionally examine pet chickens and ducks as well as those who treat backyard poultry on a daily basis." (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 15 June 2015)

"Overall, I think that 'Backyard Poultry: Medicine and Surgery' is the perfect book for veterinarians practicing small, mixed, or exotic animal medicine to have in their library." (Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, January 2016)

"Backyard poultry medicine and surgery is a fascinating and thorough overview of the treatment of backyard poultry. The book has multiple authors, all experts in their fields, who have packed this book with useful information." (Australian Veterinary Journal, 3 March 2017)