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This new Digital Electonic book can be downloaded directly to your computer via the Internet. You can read the E-Book at your leisure on your computer screen. This book is in a PDF file format for easy reading. The E-Book is fully indexed in the Table of Contents with clickable links for user friendly access to all the pages of the book. The E-Book comes with complete instructions and is a low-cost method for anyone in the world to access without all the high costs of postage and airmail.

This new book was published in June, 2001. It was designed and written by Daryl Holle of Blue Mountain Ostrich.
  
This book is a well designed book for Ostrich farmers and and Ostrich Veterinarians as an aid to diagnose Ostrich bird problems. The user of the book can begin with a symptom by looking in a bird function category and follow that symptom through the book with a series of questions or selections and finally determine a list of possible causes for the symptom.

This book is a most valuable tool built on years of experience concerning "cause and effect" of Ostrich Breeder bird, chick and egg problems.

"Ostrich Diagnostic Centre E-Book"
Table Of Contents

OSTRICH BREEDER BIRD DIFFICULTIES:

- Birds Refuse to Eat, Pg 11
- Birds Cut Back on Eating, Pg 14
- Birds Act Starved, Pg 17
- Birds Won't Come to Eat, Pg. 19
- Frequent Impactions, Pg. 22
- Sluggish Breeding Activity, Pg. 24
- Frequent Egg Infertility, Pg. 26
- Low Egg Production, Pg. 29
- Breeder Hen is Egg Bound, Pg. 33
- Hen Occasionally Stops Laying, Pg. 34
- Death by Internal Bleeding, Pg. 35

- Bird is Constantly Sitting, Pg. 37
----- Bird Constantly Sits with Head Vertical, Pg. 38
----- Bird Constantly Sits with Head Horizontal, Pg. 40

- Birds Have Feathers Missing, Pg. 41
----- Birds Have Poor Feather Coat, Pg. 42
----- Birds Are Completely Bald, Pg. 44
----- Birds Have Bare Spot on Back, Pg. 45
----- Birds Have Bare Spots on Chest and Back, Pg. 46
----- Hens ONLY Have Bare Spot on Right Side, Pg. 47

EGG DEFORMITIES:

- Extreme Egg Sizes, Pg. 49
- Wrinkled Eggshells, Pg. 50
- Chalky Eggshell, Pg. 51
- Skin Eggs, Pg. 53
- Eggshell Porosity Problems, Pg. 54
- Eggshell Too Hard, Pg. 55

OSTRICH EGG INCUBATION EMBRYO DEATHS:

CHICK HATCHING DIFFICULTIES:

- Weak Pipping Strength, Pg. 60
- Frequent Assisted Hatches, Pg. 61
- Chick Backward in Egg, Pg. 62
- Yolk Sac Infections, Pg. 63
- Deformed Legs, Toes, Beaks, Pg. 64
- Extremely Swollen Chicks, Pg. 65
- Brown/Green Slime on Chicks, Pg. 66

OSTRICH CHICK RAISING DIFFICULTIES:

- Fading Chick Syndrome (FCS), Pg. 68
----- Nutritional Deficiencies, Pg. 70
----- Bird Stress, Pg. 73
----- Clostridium Bacteria Invasion, Pg. 76
----- Chick Feeding Management, Pg. 80
----- Gut PH Factor Changes, Pg. 84
----- Poor Bio-Security, Pg. 86

- Yellow-Livered Chicks, Pg. 89
----- Yellow Livers in Ostrich Chicks Are Not Normal, Pg. 92

- Turned Out Legs (Splayed), Pg. 94
- Slow Growing Chicks, Pg. 96
- Bowed Leg Chicks, Pg. 98

OSTRICH SLAUGHTER BIRD DIFFICULTIES:

- Blue Mountain Ostrich Grading Systems, Pg. 101
- Ostrich Meat Quality Comparisons in the Industry, Pg. 110
- Ostrich Carcass Comparisons in the Industry, Pg. 116
- Ostrich Body Fat Reserve Comparisons, Pg. 120
- Fat Versus Meat Production on Ratites, Pg. 125
- Meat Consistency Is an Important Concern, Pg. 127
- Fat as Health Status Indicator for Ostrich, Pg. 130
- Are Vitamins Necessary in the Ratite Diet?, Pg. 137
- The Global Ostrich Industry, Pg. 141
- 1996-97 Ostrich Weight Gain Feeding Trials, Pg. 151
- Blue Mountain Feed Compared to South Africa, Pg. 155
- Pictures - Before and After Blue Mountain, Pg. 157
- Ground Feed Versus Pelleted Feed, Field Trials, Pg. 164

LIST OF TABLES:

Functions, Deficiencies, Interrelationships & Toxicities of Minerals & Vitamins:

- Table 1 - Macro Minerals, Pg. 3
- Table 2 - Macro Minerals, Pgs. 4-5
- Table 3 - Vitamins Fat Soluble, Pg. 5
- Table 4 - Vitamins Water Soluble, Pgs. 5-6
- Table 5 - Signs of Nutritional Deficiencies in Poultry Embryos, Pg. 7
- Table 6 - Nutrients Associated with Various Signs of Deficiency In Growing Birds, Pg. 8
- Table 7 - Nutrient Effects on Egg Production, Pg. 9

Signs of Nutritional Deficiencies in Poultry Embryos, Pg. 58

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"OSTRICH DIAGNOSTIC CENTRE E-Book":

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