Domestic duck production : science and practice /

This book contains chapters that discuss the history, biology, duck raising for meat and egg production, housing, growth, feeding, breeding, health and fertility. This book is intended as a practical guide for technical and advisory staff involved in both commercial and subsistence-level duck produc...

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Main Authors: Cherry, P. 1937- (Author), Morris, T. R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
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505 0 # |a History and biology of the domestic duck -- Systems of production -- Housing and environment -- Husbandry of table duckling -- Nutrition and factors affecting body composition -- Rearing of parent stock -- Management of breeding ducks -- Fertility and hatchability -- Genetic improvement. 
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650 # 7 |a Animal health.  |2 cabt 
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