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Health without chemicals

How to manage water, bedding and grazing so ducks and geese don't fall ill, and how to recognise in time when you need a vet

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Health without chemicals

In short

  • Prevention is 90 % of the job: clean water, dry bedding, space, quarantine and wild birds kept away.
  • Bird flu and Newcastle disease are notifiable. If you suspect them, call your vet or APHA, DAFM or the state veterinarian at once.
  • Stagnant warm water in summer and dead animals in a pond bring botulism.
  • Mouldy bedding and feed bring aspergillosis and aflatoxins.
  • No antibiotics or medicines on your own initiative. Herbal remedies are support, not cures.
  • Wash your hands after working with the birds; children, pregnant women and anyone ill take extra care.

What's inside

Chapters

  1. Prevention before treatment
  2. A healthy bird and a sick one
  3. When to call the vet at once
  4. Notifiable diseases
  5. Common waterfowl diseases
  6. Parasites
  7. Problems that aren't infectious
  8. Natural support and the home medicine kit
  9. Medicines, withdrawal, dead birds and people
  10. Common mistakes
  11. Printable checklist

Worksheets

  • Health log
  • Prevention calendar
  • Quarantine and checking a new bird
  • Health cost calculator
  • Contacts and emergency steps

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