Turkeys A Guide To Management

Authors: David C Bland
A complete guide to turkey management, aimed particularly at the smallholder.

Topics include: breeds, breeding and rearing; housing and equipment; natural and artificial incubation; organic turkey production; nutrition and weight conversion tables; ailments and diseases; welfare codes of practice; preparation for the table and exhibiting.

Fully illustrated with photographs and explanatory line drawings, this book is a must for all turkey farmers. 80 black and white photographs and line drawings

Availability: In Print
Publication date: 2000
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent:128 pp
ISBN: 978 1 86126 359 9

Book Contents

• Forward
  
• Introduction
  
• Breeds and Breeding
  
• Brooding
  
• Rearing and Systems of Housing
  
• Equipment
  
• Incubation
  
• The Digestive System
  
• The Structure of the Turkey
  
• Feeding and Weight Conversions
  
• Disease and Common Ailments
  
• Organic Turkey Production
  
• Dispatching and Preparation
  
• Codes of Practice
  
• Preparing Turkeys for Exhibition
  
• Index