AN INTRODUCTION TO RATITE RANCHING AND MEDICINE
A. ALAN KOCAN PH.D. (Deceased),
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Microbiology, and Public Health
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
JOHN A. CRAWFORD
P.O. Box 213
Cache, Oklahoma
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors are indebted to the many producers and friends that have contributed to the information included in this book. We would like to thank Drs. Stanley VanHooser, and Joe Berry for their contributions and the numerous Veterinary Medicine students that have assisted with our studies over the past three years. Most importantly, we would like to thank the Ostrich/Ratite Research Foundation for their financial support, without whom this book would not have been possible. Photographs are by the author. Hard copies of an expanded version of this text as well as additional texts on hatchiing, a vidio on ostrich care, and related material are available for purchase from the Ostrich News, Cache, Oklahoma 405-429-3765.