ANIMAL HEALTH Special Poultry
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This chapter provides brief descriptions of diseases that 1) more commonly are found in small, backyard poultry flocks, or 2) are more significant economically or personally when they do occur. Further reading on these and many other diseases is recommended. All Poultry Types. Two important diseases shared by chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, partridges, pheasants, quail, and domestic waterfowl (ducks and geese) are puUorum disease and fowl typhoid. These salmonella infections, transmitted via breeder nocks and hatching eggs, are
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