The increased number of suburban and metro backyard flocks present challenges for companion animal practices. Keeping chickens, ducks and geese healthy goes beyond production animal paradigms as the birds are often considered pets. Veterinary teams will benefit from the upcoming VetFolio basics webinar and the article on poultry diets linked here.
Sources:
- The science behind your hen’s dinner, Chicken Whisperer. Link.
Each kind of poultry is different: chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys all have special needs.”
- Chicken basics for general practitioners, VetFolio. Link. Free live webinar will take place on July 24, 2024, at 12:00 pm EDT to refresh basic poultry medicine knowledge plus get updated on aspects of drug legislation pertinent to pet chickens in the U.S., as well as the basics for anatomy, husbandry, diet, physical exam and handling, and clinical skills such as blood sampling and crop feeding.