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World's Poultry Science Journal, 1998
Due to a belief in the special healthy characteristics of their meat, ratites (ostriches, emus, rheas) are receiving more and more attention as meat producers for developed markets. All three kinds of ratites can be slaughtered by the same technique. At the scientific level, avian nomenclature is applied to the muscles used in meat production, while a ...
Sales, J., Horbanczuk, J.
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Due to a belief in the special healthy characteristics of their meat, ratites (ostriches, emus, rheas) are receiving more and more attention as meat producers for developed markets. All three kinds of ratites can be slaughtered by the same technique. At the scientific level, avian nomenclature is applied to the muscles used in meat production, while a ...
Sales, J., Horbanczuk, J.
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998
The role of the veterinarian in ostrich production in the future will be to develop least-cost management programs. This article focuses on the ostrich as the only current commercially viable ratite species. Managing a successful ranch involves disease prevention, genetic selection, environmental management, and nutrition.
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The role of the veterinarian in ostrich production in the future will be to develop least-cost management programs. This article focuses on the ostrich as the only current commercially viable ratite species. Managing a successful ranch involves disease prevention, genetic selection, environmental management, and nutrition.
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Anesthesia and Surgery of Ratites
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998Veterinary practitioners should apply common principles of anesthesia and surgery used in domestic livestock to ratites. Routine procedures can be accomplished in the field or in a veterinary hospital, provided practitioners become familiar with response of ratites to sedation and anesthesia.
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Jurisprudence for Ratite Practitioners
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998Veterinarians are frequently confronted with medico-legal issues relating to certification, malpractice and the responsibilities of owners and managers. This article reviews relevant principles to guide practitioners.
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Restraint and Housing of Ratites
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998Large animal practitioners are called upon to assist producers to prevent and control disease and to manage flocks. The concerns that exist in traditional livestock and poultry management are also applicable to ratites. Adequate ventilation, shelter, and space allocation are the foundations of flock health.
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998
This article describes the use of drugs and therapeutic techniques in the treatment of ratite diseases. Effective routes of administration are documented. Appropriate selection and dose regimens are provided for bacterial and parasitic conditions. This article includes empirical formularies for antibiotics and anthelmintics.
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This article describes the use of drugs and therapeutic techniques in the treatment of ratite diseases. Effective routes of administration are documented. Appropriate selection and dose regimens are provided for bacterial and parasitic conditions. This article includes empirical formularies for antibiotics and anthelmintics.
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Neoteny and the thyroid in ratites
Reviews of Reproduction, 1996The ratites (for example ostriches, emus) are neotenous descendants of flying birds. The best studied cases of neoteny among vertebrates are in the Amphibia. In this class, whether individuals metamorphose and breed as adults, or whether they become sexually mature as neotenous aquatic larvae, is controlled by the thyroid.
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The evolution of ratites and tina1nous
2002Abstract What are the ratites and tinamous? Opinions differ, and will probably continue to differ for many years yet. In this book they are taken to comprise the great flightless birds of the world, ostrich, cassowary, emu, kiwi, rhea, their recently extinct relatives, elephant birds and moas, and their small relatives, the tinamous ...
S J J F Davies +2 more
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How Do Ratite Meats Compare with Beef?: Implications for the Ratite Industry
1998Emu and ostrich meats were compared with beef to identify and quantify their sensory attributes. A sensory panel was used to compare U.S. Department of Agriculture Choice top sirloin beef with emu and ostrich meat, both ground and intact forms. Comparisons of sensory quality and acceptability were made after zero, two, four and six months of frozen ...
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Infectious Diseases and Parasites of Ratites
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1998This article discusses infectious and parasitic disease conditions in the three ratite species. Diseases and parasitic conditions are reviewed in relation to etiology, transmission, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. To ensure optimum reproduction and growth of birds on large production units, a veterinarian must understand management in ...
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