Broiler Chicken Rearing and Disease Prevention

Author: Shi Zerong
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: This book focuses on introducing some excellent local chicken breeds in China that are economically profitable, easy to raise and manage, and popular in the market. It also provides specialized coverage on the superior breeds and selection of local chickens. The book addresses topics such as free-range and semi-free-range farming models for local chickens, their reproduction and hatching, feed formulation, and the prevention of common diseases. During the writing process, this book has been used multiple times as a teaching material for the Practical Skills Training School for Rural Women, achieving highly satisfactory results. Additionally, based on the actual conditions of local chicken farming, the author explains in an easy-to-understand manner the feeding and management requirements for local chickens at different stages of their growth and the market trends. The book strives for concise narration, simple language, and illustrative content to better serve farmers. It is highly scientific, practical, targeted, and operational, making it suitable for farmers with junior high school education or higher, grassroots agricultural technology extension personnel, rural grassroots cadres, local chicken farming specialists, and students and teachers of agricultural vocational schools. This book focuses on introducing some excellent local chicken breeds in China that are economically profitable, easy to raise and manage, and popular in the market. It also provides specialized coverage on the superior breeds and selection of local chickens. The book addresses topics such as free-range and semi-free-range farming models for local chickens, their reproduction and hatching, feed formulation, and the prevention of common diseases. During the writing process, this book has been used multiple times as a teaching material for the Practical Skills Training School for Rural Women, achieving highly satisfactory results. Additionally, based on the actual conditions of local chicken farming, the author explains in an easy-to-understand manner the feeding and management requirements for local chickens at different stages of their growth and the market trends. The book strives for concise narration, simple language, and illustrative content to better serve farmers. It is highly scientific, practical, targeted, and operational, making it suitable for farmers with junior high school education or higher, grassroots agricultural technology extension personnel, rural grassroots cadres, local chicken farming specialists, and students and teachers of agricultural vocational schools.