Nutritional and Digestive Disorders of Poultry [Paperback]

Simon M. Shane (Author), Lucy A. Tucker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Appreciating the multifactorial etiology resulting in dysfunction, this useful account covers the diseases, parasites, and malfunctions of the digestive tract of commercial poultry seen by veterinarians, laboratory diagnosticians, nutritionists, and students in their professional activities.

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About the Author

Simon M. Shane is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, where he was involved in teaching, research and service from 1979 through 2001. He currently holds an appointment as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State University.

He obtained his veterinary degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 1964, and earned a Ph.D. in Poultry Nutrition from Cornell University in 1969. He subsequently earned a Masters degree in Business Leadership from the University of South Africa in 1975, while serving as a production director for a large integrated broiler producer in the Republic of South Africa.

He was awarded the Diploma of Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2001, is a 1991 Charter Diplomate of the American College of Poultry Veterinarians and the 2005 recipient of the AAAP Lasher-Botorff Award. Professor Shane is active in aspects of US and international broiler and egg production with special emphasis on biosecurity, economics and food safety, having consulted extensively in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Nottingham University Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904761356
• ISBN-13: 978-1904761358
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,501,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)