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Drevnenëbnye ptit͡sy : ocherki filogenii, sistematiki, biologii, morfologii i khozi͡aĭstvennogo ispolʹzovanii͡a

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Ratite farming --- Ratites


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Ratite : management, medicine, and surgery
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ISBN: 0894648748 Year: 1996 Publisher: Malabar (Fla.) : Krieger,


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Veterinary parasitology : reference manual
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Year: 1997 Publisher: Pullman (Wash.) : Washington State University. College of Veterinary Medicine,

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Ostrich production systems
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ISBN: 9251043000 Year: 1999 Publisher: Rome FAO


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The Ostrich Communal Nesting System.
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ISBN: 9781400863143 1400863147 Year: 2014 Publisher: Princeton Princeton University Press

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As the study of cooperative breeding systems expands, a number of key species form the examples that underpin our general understanding. The ostrich is increasingly becoming such a textbook species, on the basis of the results obtained in Brian Bertram's study of vigilance and egg discrimination in this extraordinary bird. Here Bertram presents new data on the ostrich communal nesting system, in which several females lay in one female's nest, with only one female and the male doing all the work. The Ostrich Communal Nesting System unravels the basis of the cooperation observed, and explains how a system involving apparent altruism is maintained by natural selection. It is now possible as never before to explain and quantify the effects of the different choices these birds make and to integrate ecological and morphological factors such as predation and size. Based on three seasons of study in Tsavo West National Park in Kenya, this book depended on recognizing individual birds, detecting and monitoring well-concealed nests, determining motherhood of eggs from their surface appearance, and time-lapse photography of nests. Key findings were that females could switch rapidly between reproductive strategies, that a nesting female could recognize her own eggs and when necessary discriminate against those of other females, and that the whiteness of ostrich eggs is an adaptation that protects them against overheating but at the cost of greater vulnerability to predation.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


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The Welfare of Farmed Ratites
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ISBN: 3642192963 3642192971 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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This volume reviews, for the first time, the broad range of issues that affect the welfare of commercially farmed ratites.  Although ratites incorporate several families of flightless birds this book focuses on the most commonly farmed ratites, the ostrich, emu and rhea. The readers are taken on a journey through all sectors of the industry, which include breeding, incubation, hatching, brooding, rearing, growth, transport and processing, with an emphasis on husbandry and management protocols that can impact bird welfare and health. Also discussed is the structure and sensory innervation of the skin and digits of the birds, and the potential welfare implications of industry practices on these structures. Each chapter in this volume focuses on a particular aspect of the commercial farming of ratites with contributing authors from a broad range of disciplines.   .

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Animal welfare. --- Farming. --- Ratite farming. --- Ratite farming --- Flightless birds --- Captive wild birds --- Ratites --- Animal Welfare --- Zoology --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Animal Sciences --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Breeding --- Physiology --- Conservation --- Ratites. --- Domestic animals. --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Palaeognathae --- Ratitae --- Animal husbandry --- Barnyard animals --- Beasts --- Domesticated animals --- Farm animals --- Abuse of --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Animal ecology. --- Zoology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Life Sciences. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Animal Ecology. --- Zoology, Economic --- Domestication --- Feral animals --- Birds --- Social aspects --- Wildlife management. --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Ecology --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Biology --- Natural history --- Management --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology

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