CHICKENS -- PHYSIOLOGY, DISEASES AND FARMING PRACTICES -- ANIMAL SCIENCE, ISSUES AND PROFESSIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- POULTRY DISEASES: RECENT TRENDS IN DIAGNOSIS AND PROPHYLAXIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- VIRAL DISEASES -- Newcastle Disease -- Infectious Bursal Disease -- Avian Influenza -- Infectious Bronchitis -- Fowl Pox -- Marek's Disease -- Hydropericardium Syndrome -- Chicken Infectious Anaemia -- BACTERIAL DISEASES -- Salmonellosis -- Colibacillosis -- Fowl Cholera -- Mycoplasmosis -- Coccidiosis -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- NUTRIENT REGULATION OF INTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION IN CHICKENS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT -- RESPONSE TO NUTRIENTS -- Early Nutrition -- FEED FORM -- ENERGY AND PROTEIN CONTENTS -- WATER AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT -- RESPONSE TO ANTINUTRITIVE FACTORS -- Non-Starch Polysaccharides -- Tannins -- Phytic Acid -- NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION -- In-Feed Antibiotics -- Alternatives to in-Feed Antibiotics -- Microbial Enzymes -- Oligosaccharides -- Phytobiotics -- Probiotics -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE ROLE OF SELENIUM IN CHICKEN PHYSIOLOGY: NEW INSIGHTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SELENIUM SOURCES -- SELENOPROTEINS -- SELENIUM DEFICIENCY -- SELENIUM TOXICITY -- INTERACTIONS OF SELENIUM WITH POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS -- SELENIUM EFFECTS ON HATCHABILITY AND PROGENY -- SELENIUM AND SEMEN QUALITY -- SELENIUM AND THE QUALITY OF EGG AND MEAT -- PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO IMPROVE SELENIUM STATUS OF POULTRY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- HARVEST AND POST HARVEST PRACTICES FOR CHICKEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- REARING SYSTEMS -- REARING CONDITION -- PRODUCTION PRACTICES -- EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION -- HYGIENIC PRACTICES DURING TRANSPORT -- CATCHING AND LOADING BIRDS FOR SLAUGHTER.

PRESLAUGHTER HANDLING -- SLAUGHTER AND DRESSING OF POULTRY -- MICROBIOLOGY OF POULTRY -- MICROBIOLOGY OF POULTRY PROCESSING -- STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF CHILLED POULTRY MEAT -- MICROBIAL HAZARD -- REFERENCES -- THE ORGAN BLOOD FLOW IN THE HEN FETAL AND EARLY POSTNATAL PERIODS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CENTRAL REGULATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC RESPONSES IN NEONATAL CHICKS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE BY T HYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE (TRH) IN NEONATAL CHICKS UNDER THERMONEUTRAL CONDITION -- 3. HOMEOTHERMY IN NEONATAL CHICKS EXPOSED TO LOW ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE WITH CRF -- 4. OXIDATIVE DAMAGE IN DIFFERENT TISSUESOF NEONATAL CHICKS EXPOSED TO LOW ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE -- 5. BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF NEONATAL CHICKS EXPOSED TO LOW AND HIGH ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURES -- 6. METABOLIC RESPONSES OF NEONATAL CHICKSTO NPY, VIP, PACAP, GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 (GLP-1) AND ALPHA-MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONE (ALPHA-MSH) -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE ROLE OF BACTERIOPHAGES IN THE CONTROL OF COLIBACILLOSIS IN POULTRY INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- COLIBACILLOSIS IN POULTRY INDUSTRY -- Escherichia Coli -- The Impact of E. Coli in Poultry Industry -- THE ANTIBIOTICS IN POULTRY INDUSTRY -- BACTERIOPHAGES -- Structure and Life Cycle -- Phage Therapy -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EGG SIZE AND EMBRYONIC GROWTH -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE PROBLEM -- 3. SOLUTIONS OF THE PROBLEM AMONG DIFFERENT SPECIES -- 4. DIFFERENT-SIZE EGGS OF THE SAME SPECIES -- 4.1. Embryo's Growth in Small and Large Eggs of the Same Species -- 4.2. Embryo's Wet and Dry Weights in Small- and Large-size Eggs -- 4.2.1. Experiment 1 -- 4.2.2. Experiment 2 -- 5. DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.