FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH 1
FAO ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH 1

manual
SMALL-SCALE POULTRY PRODUCTION
technical guide

E.B. Sonaiya
Department of Animal Science
Obafemi Awolowo University
lle-lfe, Nigeria

and

S.E.J. Swan
Village Poultry Consultant
Waimana, New Zealand

   
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
   
 

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ISBN 92-5-105082-1
ISSN 1810-1119

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Species and Breeds

Chapter 3: Feed Resources

Chapter 4: General Management

Chapter 5: Incubation and Hatching

Chapter 6: Health

Chapter 7: Breed Improvement

Chapter 8: Production Economics

Chapter 9: Marketing

Chapter 10: Research and Development for Family Poultry

Abbreviations and Conversions

Bibliography

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