Domestic duck production : science and practice / Peter Cherry, 4 Chestnuts, Nettleham, Lincoln and Trevor R. Morris, Rowan Trees, Beech Road, Tokers Green, Oxfordshire.
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TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) : illustrations, chartsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- Ducks
- Agricultural Economics
- Meat Producing Animals
- Egg Producing Animals
- Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
- Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000)
- Animal Nutrition (General)
- Animal Health and Hygiene (General)
- Farm and Horticultural Structures
- Ducks
- Animal breeding
- Animal health
- Diets
- Duck feeding
- Egg hatchability
- Egg production
- Farming systems
- Feed intake
- Genetic improvement
- Growth rate
- Meat production
- Poultry
- Poultry housing
- Reproductive performance
- EE110
- LL120
- LL130
- LL240
- LL250
- LL500
- LL800
- NN300
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- SF505 .C55 2008eb
This book contains chapters that discuss the history, biology, duck raising for meat and egg production, housing, growth, feeding, breeding, health and fertility. This book is intended as a practical guide for technical and advisory staff involved in both commercial and subsistence-level duck production, as a reference text for commercial producers and their professional staff and as a resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
History and biology of the domestic duck -- Systems of production -- Housing and environment -- Husbandry of table duckling -- Nutrition and factors affecting body composition -- Rearing of parent stock -- Management of breeding ducks -- Fertility and hatchability -- Genetic improvement.
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