Goose Production

FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH PAPER - 154

ISSN 0254-6019

Edited by

and

Gérard Guy
Institut de la recherche agronomique
SEPFG d'Artiguères
France

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002

Table of Contents

ISBN 92-5-104862-2

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART I - GOOSE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1. ORIGINS AND BREEDS OF DOMESTIC GEESE
Chapter 2. BEHAVIOUR
Chapter 3. DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Chapter 4. GEESE IDENTIFICATION
Chapter 5. MALE AND FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
Chapter 6. BREEDER FLOCK MANAGEMENT
Chapter 7. ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
Chapter 8. INCUBATION
Chapter 9. GEESE FOR MEAT PRODUCTION
Chapter 10. FEATHER AND DOWN PRODUCTION
Chapter 11. FATTY LIVER OR FOIE GRAS PRODUCTION
Chapter 12. GEESE AS WEEDERS
Chapter 13. KILLING AND PROCESSING
Chapter 14. GOOSE DISEASES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART II - INVITED PAPERS

GOOSE PRODUCTION IN CHILE AND SOUTH AMERICA by M. C. Labatut
GOOSE PRODUCTION IN INDONESIA AND ASIA by T. Yuwanta
GOOSE PRODUCTION IN POLAND AND EASTERN EUROPE by A. Rosinski

APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Breeds of Geese
Appendix 2. Abbreviations

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