Management of Farm Poultry

by Herbert Howes

ISBN: 9789359194363
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 8595.00
Biblio : xiv+180 p., figs., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Herbert Howes was Assistant Director, National Institute of Poultry Husbandry, New port Salop and Formerly Lecturer in Poultry Husbandry and Head of the Poultry Department, South-Eastern Agricultural College, Wye, Kent.

About The Book

Farm poultry management helps to maximize the efficiency of production. Scientific poultry management aims at maximizing returns with minimum investment. The present book contains 17 chapters which includes introduction, various profitable sidelines systems of poultry keeping, house and housing selection of breeds for egg production, foods and feeding, commencing operations, seasonable work, incubation, table poultry production, selection and culling, breeding and rearing turkey, water fowl production, marketing, diseases and their prevention. Index has been also appended at the end of the book. This is a perfect book for poultry farmers, students, teachers of poultry and veterinary science, development workers, policy makers and all other interested in farm poultry.