Poultry Farming Books
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Compilation of Agrinews videos (2005-2007) / Compilation des videos Agriflash (2005-2007)
This compilation contains the following Agrinews videos: 1) Cashew nut, artemisia, compost; 2) Wheat rust, purifying water, keep chicken health; 3) Wamis-net, botanic clinics, striga; 4)Banana, anthurium, practical guide: duck raising; 5) Gluten free, bamboo, goat rearing; 6) Mango kernel, aguide for exporters, the bird flu; 7) Banana leaves, fruit fly, fish preservation; 8) Organic pineapple, ...
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Preparing for highly pathogenic avian influenza - revised edition
FAO Animal Production and Health Manuals # 3Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) represents a threat to poultry industries worldwide and to people's livelihoods, and a potential threat to human health. The international community has a vested interest in minimizing the spread of this disease. Countries may be under threat of introduction of HPAI through unregulated poultry trade and marketing ...
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Biosecurity for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Issues and options
This paper describes in detail the current situation and state of knowledge about biosecurity in relation to H5N1 HPAI, discusses species- and sector-specific issues, proposes possible options for biosecurity in important parts of the domestic poultry and captive bird sector, stresses the importance of situating biosecurity in appropriate economic and culture settings, and makes the case for the ...
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Environmental Management of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)
Clean and environmentally sound disposal of animal waste in the quantities that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) produce can only be described as a challenge. Designed to provide practical information, Environmental Management of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) covers the concepts and practices involved in the operation and maintenance of CAFOs, paying particular ...
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Global strategy for prevention and control of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, (The). March 2007 (En)
Although there remain serious gaps in knowledge, there has been an increased understanding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) since the panzootic started in late 2003, and experience with various control approaches has allowed refinement of strategies at the global, regional and national levels. The revised global strategy presented here is based on the experience and lessons learned ...
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Wild bird highly pathogenic avian influenza sueveillance. Sample collection from healthy, sick and dead birds (En)
Series: FAO Animal Production and Health ManualsWaterfowl and shorebirds are considered to be the natural reservoirs for all avian influenza virus subtypes and, in general, most subtypes cause little or no diseases in wildlife. However, type A influenza has undergone a combination of genetic drifts and shifts that have resulted in the H5N1 AI virus strain causing morbidity and mortality in many ...
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Installation and operation of a modular bivalve hatchery (En)
Series: FAO Fisheries Technical PapersLimiting factors such as minimal capital investment, lack of technical support or expertise and available physical space may put severe restrictions on setting up a hatchery. Not all investors have the means or the will to take the risk to support a large commercial aquaculture operation without substantial proof of its production capacity. For these reasons, ...
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Improved practices in rearing indigenous chickens ( US$ 14.00 for 10 Copies )
This 8-page fold-out leaflet, practical for use in the field and easy to read, covers the subject of rearing indigenous chickens. It gives some background to the subject, outlines processes and provides tips, tables and explanatory line ...
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Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices. Manual based on experiences in India (En)
Series: FAO Fisheries Technical PapersShrimp aquaculture is an important and valuable production sector that has been growing rapidly over the past two decades. Success is largely based on the quality of postlarvae, particularly their health condition, thus making hatchery production of quality postlarvae crucial to the sector's sustainability. This document reviews the current status of the ...
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Vitals Signs 2007-2008
This report tracks and analyzes 44 trends that are shaping our future, and includes graphs and charts to provide a visual comparison over time. Categories of trends include: Food, Agricultural Resources, Energy and Climate, Global Economy, Resource Economics, Environment, Conflict and Peace, Communications and Transportation, Population and Society, and Health and ...
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Preparing for highly pathogenic avian influenza (En)
Series: FAO Animal Production and Health ManualsHighly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) represents a threat to poultry industries worldwide and to people's livelihoods, and a potential threat to human health. The international community has vested interest in minimizing the spread of this disease. Countries may be under threat of introduction of avian influenza through exposure of poultry to ...
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Lumpfish caviar - from vessel to consumer (En)
Series: FAO Fisheries Technical PapersFish roe products have historically been seen as expensive and highly-desirable luxury food items. The best and most expensive is true caviar, which uses eggs from sturgeons caught in the Caspian Sea. In recent years, eggs from many other fish species have been used to develop products imitating original caviar. By utilizing processes appropriate for each ...
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Setting up and running a school garden. A manual for teachers, parents and communities (English)
Adequate nutrition and education are key to the development of children and their future livelihoods. The reality facing millions of children, however, is that these essentials are far from being met. Schools can make an important contribution to countries' efforts to overcome hunger and malnutrition, and school gardens can help to improve the nutrition and education of children and their ...
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Manual on hatchery production of seabass and gilthead seabream. Volume 2 (English)
Seabass and gilthead seabream are the two marine fish species that have characterized the development of marine aquaculture in the Mediterranean basin in the last three decades. The substantial increase in production levels of these two species that used to be high-values ones and now are considerably cheaper was made possible by the progressive improvement in the technologies for fry production ...
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Health management and biosecurity maintenance in white shrimps (Penaeus vannamei) hatcheries in Latin America (En)
Series: FAO Fisheries Technical PapersThis publication provides technical guidance for the effective and responsible operation of shrimp hatcheries in Latin America. The document was compiled through an extensive consultative process undertaken from 2001 to 2003 that involved inputs from government-designated national coordinators, regional and international experts, representatives from several ...
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Risk assessment of Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and Vibrio spp. in seafood. Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation. Bangkok, Thailand
Series: FAO Food and Nutrition PapersThis report summarizes the outcome of the meeting including the key findings of the above-mentioned risk assessments. It provides a preliminary response to the risk management questions on these pathogens that were posed by the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene and the Codex Committee for Fish and Fishery ...
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Poultry for profit and pleasure (En)
Series: FAO Diversification bookletsPoultry are the most benign farm stock; easy to manage, resilient and relatively productive under the most varied conditions. Anyone with a small patch of land can keep poultry for their eggs and meat, and for breeding. There are few greater pleasures than keeping a flock of hens and feeding them from the produce of the garden or surplus food from the house. ...
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Egg marketing. A guide for the production and sale of eggs (En)
Series: FAO Agricultural Services BulletinsThis new guide provides information and advice to those concerned with the production and sale of eggs in developing countries with an emphasis on marketing, i.e. producing in order to meet market demand. Augmenting the production of laying chickens and improving farmers' returns by effective production planning and marketing will improve farm incomes, ...
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Good practices in planning and management of integrated commercial poultry production in South Asia (En)
Series: FAO Animal Production and Health PapersThis publication is a comprehensive review of all aspects of poultry production in South Asia. It will help producers operate under "technically correct" conditions. All aspects of poultry production are discussed, including layer production for eggs and broilers for meat. Details are given on feeding and nutrition, housing and general husbandry, as ...
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Farming freshwater prawns. A manual for the culture of the giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) (En)
Series: FAO Fisheries Technical PapersThis manual is an up-to-date practical guide to the farming of Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Many of the techniques described are also applicable to the culture of other species of freshwater prawns. The principle target audience is farmers and extension workers but it is also hoped that it will be useful for aquaculture lecturers and students. After a ...
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