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Backyard chicken husbandry: Part 1
Companion Animal, 2011The pet chicken is an increasingly common patient arriving in our consulting rooms. The transformation from commercial, food producing animal to much loved pet has been relatively rapid and therefore it has become necessary for our views and treatments to change correspondingly.
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An outbreak of visceral coligranuloma in a backyard chicken flock
Comparative Clinical Pathology, 2012A rare outbreak of coligranuloma in a backyard chicken flock at the age of 9 weeks occurred on March 2012, in Kermanshah Province, Iran. The flock was raised in poor hygienic conditions. The birds were kept indoor at night on deep wet litter and had access to a small range during the day. They had access to a pond with stagnant water.
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Common presentations and diseases of backyard chickens
Companion Animal, 2014Chickens are not legally pets but food-producing animals. Limited licensing of medication is in place for chicken diseases in order to protect humans: a table of licensed products is detailed in this article. Vaccination is useful where a disease has been diagnosed but the disadvantage is that vaccination can only be administered with efficacy when ...
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What are the regulations and pitfalls for treating backyard chickens?
Companion Animal, 2017The rise in keeping chickens as ‘pets’ has become exponential, with an estimated 600 000 households taking part. Families expect their chickens to be treated by veterinary surgeons as competently as their other companion animals, but food-producing species have restrictions on medications and are subject to certain regulations, knowledge of which is ...
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The Rise of the Backyard Chicken in Companion Veterinary Medicine
Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, 2015Over the past few years, the hobby of keeping backyard poultry has increased significantly in the United States. The chicken is no longer just a commercial production bird but is now also a companion bird and backyard pet. Chickens make wonderful, entertaining pets and can enrich the lives of their owners, in addition to providing food products such as
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Backyard Chickens Are Not the Answer to High Egg Prices
The USDA recently predicted that egg prices will increase 41.1 percent in 2025, double the previous projection from January 2025. This is disheartening news with Easter on the horizon (a time when egg prices always tend to spike) but, to anyone considering getting backyard chickens to offset the high cost of eggs these days, take heed, backyard ...George Tabler +4 more
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