The present investigation was carried out to have sound background information about the damage caused by the gastrointestinal helminthes to the backyard poultry production which has been a traditional component of small farms throughout the developing world (Branckaert, 1995). The helminthes were identified and classified into 3 groups, according to their taxonomy. Trematodes (Intestinal fluke...

Europeans raised domestic geese for both food and feathers long before settlers brought them to America. Unlike with chickens, turkeys, and ducks (to a limited extent), little genetic selective breeding has occurred with geese. However, different breeds have different characteristics, and the right breed for your flock depends on your intended use. Geese can be used for exhibition, meat and egg...

Another bird widely kept in domestication is the Muscovy. Although often referred to as a duck, the Muscovy actually is a different species. It is hard to categorize Muscovies—they have a body like a duck; they nest, attack predators, and hiss like a goose; they roost like a chicken; and they have a plump breast like a turkey. The male Muscovy has characteristic fleshy growths around the eyes c...

Ducks have many of the same basic external parts as other fowl, such as chickens. However, some unique characteristics exist in the external anatomies of ducks. For example, a duck's head (shown in Figure 1) differs from a chicken's head in several ways. Ducks have no comb and, other than the crested duck, no head covering other than feathers. The bill of a duck is flatter than the beak of a ch...

Western Europe is seeing a growing number of cases of H5N1 flu in wild birds that have migrated from the east, but new outbreaks in poultry in Africa threaten the hordes of birds heading north for the summer breeding season. Worries about the disease are likely to grow. The Tower of London's famous ravens are now, for the first time in 400 years, locked up inside the building. The move marks gr...