THE OKLAHOMA STATE OSTRICH BOOK

• AN INTRODUCTION TO RATITE RANCHING AND MEDICINE
• INTRODUCTION TO OSTRICH AND OSTRICH RANCHING
• OSTRICH RANCHING
• ANATOMY OF THE OSTRICH
• FACILITIES
  • CHICKS
  • JUVENILES
  • ADULTS
• COLLECTION, HANDLING AND CARE OF EGGS
• INCUBATION
  1. EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
  2. INCUBATION FACILITIES
  3. CANDLING AND HATCHING
  4. DETERMINING PROPER WEIGHT LOSS DURING INCUBATION.
• CARE OF NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS
• CARE AFTER HATCHING
  • BROODING OF NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS
  • ONE WEEK THROUGH ONE MONTH
  • ONE MONTH TO THREE MONTHS
• NUTRITION
• IDENTIFICATION AND MICROCHIPPING
• SEXING JUVENILE BIRDS
• CORRECTING ROLLED TOES
• DISEASES
  • Nematode
  • Cestode
  • Trematode.
  • Protozoa
  • Arthropods.
  • Viral diseases
  • Bacterial Diseases
  • Fungal infections
  • Nutritional and metabolic diseases.
• MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
  • ANTIBIOTICS
  • ANTHELMINTICS
• CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
  • Complete cell counts
  • Clinical Chemistry
• TOES & LEGS
  • ROLLED TOES
  • DEVIATED TOES
  • TURNED OR CROOKED LEGS
  • SLIPPED TENDONS
  • BOWED LEGS
• DIGESTION
  1. IMPACTIONS
  2. FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
  3. PROLAPSES
• YOLK
  • YOLK SAC AND UMBILICAL INFECTIONS
  • YOLK SAC REMOVAL
• RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• ANESTHETICS AND TRANQUILIZERS
• VACCINATIONS
• HANDLING AND TRANSPORTING BIRDS
• CARE OF OSTRICH HIDE AT SLAUGHTER

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