UK Poultry Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - November 2003
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency - This report monitors trends in the major endemic poultry diseases and utilises the farmfile and VIDA (Veterinary Investigation Disease Analysis) databases. The report is compiled using disease data gathered by the network...

Managing a Small Duck Flock
By Agri Canada - This publication is presented as a guide for the hobbyist or backyard farmer on the management of small duck flocks; it is not intended as a guide for a large-scale commercial operation.

Zinc: Nutritional and Pharmacological Roles
By Larry L. Berger, Ph.D. University of Illinois. This article provides an update for nutrition professionals on the current understanding of both the physiological and pharmacological roles of zinc in animal diets.

Converting Poultry Litter into Energy in the US
By The Foundation for Organic Resources Management, Inc. - This paper reviews the current status of litter-to-energy activities in the United States from both on-farm and off-farm (centralized) perspectives, and identifies key issues and factors affecting...

Breakout Analyses Guide for Hatcheries
By Joseph M. Mauldin, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia - To improve the performance of a hatchery breeder operation, the baseline quality must first be determined. This bulletin outlines the most productive quality procedures that...

Poultry keeping on a small scale
By Gerry Bolla, Suzanne Robinson and George Arzey - This report looks into the advantages of keeping poultry for non-intensive farming, and offers advice on establishing a flock.

Effect of replacing whole boiled soya beans with azolla in the diets of growing ducks
By Maricel Becerra, T R Preston and B Ogle - This article reports on two feeding trials set up to study the effect of feeding Azolla microphylla as partial replacement of the protein in boiled soya bean in diets based on sugar cane juice for meat duc...