Domestic duck production: science and practice
Domestic duck production: science and practice [electronic resource]
Edited by P. Cherry, T. Morris.
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- Wallingford UK CABI 2008
- 234pp.;
- CABI Books .
- CABI Books .
Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book also combines the authors' considerable practical and scientific experience to provide quantitative descriptions of nutritional and environmental effects on growing and breeding ducks, as well as practical advice on husbandry, housing and management. It is an essential resource for duck industry practitioners, researchers, and students.Peter Cherry worked as Development Manager for a major duck producer before assuming a world-wide role as a consultant. Trevor Morris is a world-renowned poultry scientist who has also worked as a duck consultant. Their combined knowledge of the duck and the duck industry is thus unparalleled.
9781845934415
10.1079/9780851990545.0000 doi
hatchability meat production poultry diets animals animal health birds vertebrates poultry housing reproductive performance waterfowl duck feeding feed intake eukaryotes egg hatchability egg production ducks genetic improvement growth rate Chordata animal breeding Anseriformes agricultural systems animal production Anatidae farming systems domesticated birds
Ducks are kept for profit in a great diversity of circumstances in both temperate and tropical climates. Outlining the biology of the domestic duck, this book also combines the authors' considerable practical and scientific experience to provide quantitative descriptions of nutritional and environmental effects on growing and breeding ducks, as well as practical advice on husbandry, housing and management. It is an essential resource for duck industry practitioners, researchers, and students.Peter Cherry worked as Development Manager for a major duck producer before assuming a world-wide role as a consultant. Trevor Morris is a world-renowned poultry scientist who has also worked as a duck consultant. Their combined knowledge of the duck and the duck industry is thus unparalleled.
9781845934415
10.1079/9780851990545.0000 doi
hatchability meat production poultry diets animals animal health birds vertebrates poultry housing reproductive performance waterfowl duck feeding feed intake eukaryotes egg hatchability egg production ducks genetic improvement growth rate Chordata animal breeding Anseriformes agricultural systems animal production Anatidae farming systems domesticated birds