Poultry production in hot climates / edited by Nuhad J. Daghir, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xiii, 387 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Poultry industry
- Poultry
- Poultry -- Climatic factors
- Meat Producing Animals
- Egg Producing Animals
- Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
- Animal Behaviour
- Animal Nutrition (General)
- Animal Nutrition (Production Responses)
- Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
- Feed Contamination, Residues and Toxicology
- Feed Composition and Quality
- Ducks
- Fowls
- Geese
- Animal behaviour
- Animal breeding
- Animal housing
- Animal physiology
- Animal production
- Behaviour
- Body temperature
- Breeding programmes
- Broilers
- Environmental temperature
- Feeds
- Fowl feeding
- Heat resistance
- Heat stress
- Hens
- Mycotoxicoses
- Mycotoxins
- Neurohormonal control
- Nutrient requirements
- Poultry
- Poultry housing
- Stress
- Stress response
- Thermoregulation
- LL120
- LL130
- LL240
- LL300
- LL500
- LL520
- LL600
- RR200
- RR300
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- SF487 .P8645 2008eb
The first edition of this book was published in 1995 that deals with various sectors of the poultry industry in hot climates. The new second edition includes 12 chapters, wherein three are new and not included in the first edition. Chapter 1 covers an overview of the poultry industry in the warm region which is completely revised with new tables of production and consumption figures. Chapters 2 and 4 are not revised or changed in any way that discusses the breeding for heat resistance, and the behavioural, physiological, neuroendocrine and molecular responses of chickens to heat stress, respectively. Chapter 3 discusses breeding fast-growing, high-yield broilers for hot climates and serves as an update of Chapter 2. Chapter 5 discusses housing improvement and designs for hot climates. The Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are all updated that discusses the topics on nutrient requirements, feedstuffs used in hot regions, mycotoxins in poultry feeds, broiler feeding and management in hot climates, and replacement pullet and layer feeding and management in hot climates, respectively. Chapter 12 which is new to this edition discusses waterfowl production in hot climates. The second edition has over 300 new references in addition to the 950 that were included in the first edition. This book is intended for veterinarians, animal scientists, animal nutritionists, geneticists, farm owners, farm managers and students.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Present status and future of the poultry industry in hot regions / N.J. Daghir -- Breeding for resistance to heat stress / R.S. Gowe and R.W. Fairfull -- Breeding fast-growing, high-yield broilers for hot conditions / A. Cahaner -- Behavioural, physiological, neuroendocrine and molecular responses to heat stress / R.J. Etches, T.M. John and A.M. Verrinder Gibbins -- Poultry housing for hot climates / M. Czarick III and B.D. Fairchild -- Nutrient requirements of poultry at high temperatures / N.J. Daghir -- Feedstuffs used in hot regions / N.J. Daghir -- Mycotoxins in poultry feeds / N.J. Daghir -- Broiler feeding and management in hot climates / N.J. Daghir -- Replacement pullet and layer feeding and management in hot climates / N.J. Daghir -- Breeder and hatchery management in hot climates / N.J. Daghir and R. Jones -- Waterfowl production in hot climates / J.F. Huang, Y.H. Hu and J.C. Hsu.
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