Includes bibliographical references and index.

Laws and regulations governing backyard poultry in the US / Bruce Nixon -- Common breeds of backyard poultry / Lillian Gerhardt -- Basic housing and management / Darrin Karcher -- Anseriforme husbandry and management / Scott Echols -- Backyard poultry nutrition / Todd Applegate -- Parasitic diseases / Richard Gerhold -- Physical examination, anatomy, and physiology / Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, Wael Khamas, and Cheryl Greenacre -- Biosecurity and zoonotic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Cheryl Greenacre, and Marcy Souza -- Avian influenza and viscerotropic velogenic (exotic) Newcastle disease / Richard Fulton -- Respiratory diseases / Richard Fulton -- Musculoskeletal diseases / Cheryl Greenacre -- Dermatological diseases / Angela Lennox -- Reproductive diseases / Eric Gingerich and Daniel Shaw -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Robert Porter, Jr. -- Cardiovascular diseases / Hugues Beaufrere, Nobuko Wakamatsu -- Soft tissue surgery / Scott Echols -- Egg diagnostics / Teresa Morishita, Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, and Darrin Karcher -- Diagnostic lab sampling / Rocio Crespo and H.L. Shivaprasad -- Interpretation of laboratory results and values / Rocio Crespo, and H.L. Shivaprasad -- Regulatory considerations for medication use in poultry / Lisa Tell and Tara Marmulak -- Vaccination of poultry / Robert Porter, Jr.

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