In Pakistan, ostrich farming is becoming more popular as a means of obtaining inexpensive meat that also devoid cholesterol and other diseases when compared to chicken. the wild, ostriches dwell in flocks five fifty perform well captivity. Ostrich chicks' early development rate critical preparing bird for later growth up till slaughter mass. The original egg mass from which emerges determines h...

28 Abstract Lameness is one of the most common problems of musculoskeletal injuries faced by birds especially Ostrich (struthius camales) chicks during brooding period. Mostly it occurs due to fracture in long and their associated bones because of development of pathological condition of bone softening. In avian species, external splints and intramedullary pinning are the most common method to ...

While there is a reasonable volume of literature available on the physiology and ecology of the emu and ostrich there is very limited published information on their specific nutrient requirements. This paper attempts to summarise the information available and draw comparisons. The ostrich has been shown to utilise plant fibre with an efficiency equivalent to mammalian herbivores. The emu has a ...

Respiratory diseases caused by bacteria are common to all of ages of ostrich (Struthio camelus). Young chicks, however are more susceptible, and are considered a major hindrance in successful ostrich farming. Using culture dependent techniques, a diminutive prospect of bacterial pathogens and corresponding diseases associated with respiratory system has been described. Here we report the first ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of six-hour road transportation on behavioural activities, live weight and traumatic injuries of 40 (20 males and 20 females) ostrich chicks age 3.5 months. The average weight of the birds was 27.7 kg. Four separate journeys were conducted and each vehicle was loaded with 10 ostriches. The behavioural events, environmental data, live weights and ...

samples of formalin fixed gastrointestinal organs of three month ostrich chicks were submitted to the department of pathology, razi vaccine and serum research institute. histologically hepatitis and pancreatitis with large eosinophilic intra nuclear inclusion bodies were prominent in hepatic and pancreatic cells. these inclusions were suspected as adenovirus inclusion body hepatitis (ibh) in va...

Received: Revised: Accepted: February 02, 2015 April 03, 2015 June 15, 2015 This study was to determine the effect of boron supplementation on the morphology of kidney tissue in ostrich chicks. A total of 48 newly hatched ostrich chicks were used and randomly assigned to six groups and exposed to various doses of boric (0, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640 mg/L) in drinking water for 90 days, respectively....