The ostrich is a relatively new agricultural animal in many parts of the world and even in South Africa it was domesticated only a little over a century ago. Recently however there has been a huge growth in interest in ostrich farming, and production of ostriches for low-fat meat and leather is now a reality in many parts of the world. This book is the first comprehensive volume to review the world scientific literature on ostrich biology, production and health:Written by leading authors from South Africa, Europe, Israel and the USA Deals with the ostrich in farmed and natural environmentsEssential reading for those interested in avian and poultry science
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"Specialists from academia and industry in many countries on several continents provide a broad reference summarizing what is generally known about raising and keeping the big birds, and pointing out what is not known yet. They cover anatomy, physiology, behavior in natural and captive environments, basic concepts and recent developments in digestion and nutrition, reproduction, factors affecting the success of commercial incubation, rearing environments from around the world, welfare, slaughter and products, breeding and genetics, veterinary problems, and health management and veterinary procedures."--SciTech Book News
"Specialists from academia and industry in many countries on several continents provide a broad reference summarizing what is generally known about raising and keeping the big birds, and pointing out what is not known yet. They cover anatomy, physiology, behavior in natural and captive environments, basic concepts and recent developments in digestion and nutrition, reproduction, factors affecting the success of commercial incubation, rearing environments from around the world, welfare, slaughter and products, breeding and genetics, veterinary problems, and health management and veterinary procedures." --SciTech Book News
"Specialists from academia and industry in many countries on several continents provide a broad reference summarizing what is generally known about raising and keeping the big birds, and pointing out what is not known yet. They cover anatomy, physiology, behavior in natural and captive environments, basic concepts and recent developments in digestion and nutrition, reproduction, factors affecting the success of commercial incubation, rearing environments from around the world, welfare, slaughter and products, breeding and genetics, veterinary problems, and health management and veterinary procedures." --SciTech Book News
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Denis C. Deeming, Hatchery Consulting and Research, Wallingford; and University of Manchester.
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This was the most useless book I've ever bought. It had no real information about Ostriches that could be used by anyone interested in them. It was basically a survey of how Ostriches were raised around the world, but with no information on which techniques were good or bad, and nothing on what worked well or not. Anyone truly interested in knowing about how to raise ostriches appropriately would better invest their money and time to visit an ostrich breeding/raising farm and ask the farmer yourself. This book was a waste of money and time.
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Ostrich biology is a blast.,
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This is an academic tritise on Ostrich biology and form, and I found it to be quite interesting, scientifically sound, and illustrated well.
As a teacher I have recommended this book to both my students and my colleagues.
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Recent interest in ostrich farming has led to an increasing demand for information about this bird and how to manage it in a commercial environment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ostrich carcass, iliotibialis lateralis, ostrich production, phallic sulcus, gastrocnemius pars interna, femorotibialis medius, growing ostriches, ostrich blood, water vapour conductance, farmed ostriches, ostrich biology, cruris lateralis, ostrich industry, koilin layer, iliofemoralis internus, ostrich embryos, adult ostriches, ostrich products, ostrich chicks, juvenile ostriches, mature ostriches, ostrich farming, other ratites, shell conductance, terminal rectum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Ratite Conference, Understanding of Ratites, Veterinary Record, Animal Science, Competitive World, International Ratite Congress, British Poultry Science, Berens von Rautenfeld, Association of Avian Veterinarians, Avian Pathology, Little Karoo, Academic Press, New York, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Great Britain, Meat Science, American Ostrich April, Avian Diseases, Comparative Endocrinology, Feed Industry, Nottingham University Press, Ostrich Odyssey, Ratite Management New!
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Recent interest in ostrich farming has led to an increasing demand for information about this bird and how to manage it in a commercial environment. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ostrich carcass, iliotibialis lateralis, ostrich production, phallic sulcus, gastrocnemius pars interna, femorotibialis medius, growing ostriches, ostrich blood, water vapour conductance, farmed ostriches, ostrich biology, cruris lateralis, ostrich industry, koilin layer, iliofemoralis internus, ostrich embryos, adult ostriches, ostrich products, ostrich chicks, juvenile ostriches, mature ostriches, ostrich farming, other ratites, shell conductance, terminal rectum Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Ratite Conference, Understanding of Ratites, Veterinary Record, Animal Science, Competitive World, International Ratite Congress, British Poultry Science, Berens von Rautenfeld, Association of Avian Veterinarians, Avian Pathology, Little Karoo, Academic Press, New York, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Great Britain, Meat Science, American Ostrich April, Avian Diseases, Comparative Endocrinology, Feed Industry, Nottingham University Press, Ostrich Odyssey, Ratite Management New!
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- Biotechnology in the Feed Industry by T.P. Lyons on 8 pages
- The Little Karoo by Pauline Smith on 4 pages
- The Ostrich Communal Nesting System (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) by Brian C. R. Bertram on 4 pages
- Ostrich Diseases by F W Huchzermeyer on page 102, page 316, and page 343
- Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic Volume VIII: Crows to Finches by the late Stanley Cramp on page 9, page 127, and page 187
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