Journal article
Pet poultry training for veterinary practitioners
Journal of veterinary medical education, Vol.37(4), pp.383-387
2010
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110688
PMID: 21135406
Abstract
Keeping backyard poultry in urban areas is a burgeoning trend in the United States. As such, we believe urban pet poultry owners are increasingly likely to seek veterinary services from urban companion-animal practitioners. Traditionally, poultry species have been classified as production animals. Most small-animal practitioners have limited experience or knowledge of these species and hesitate to accept these animals at their practices. We developed a one-day course to train veterinarians in pet poultry (as opposed to commercial poultry) medicine. The course covers poultry examination, diseases, and treatments and provides an introduction to poultry breeds and behavior and the basics of nutrition and husbandry. We believe this type of continuing education program is important for veterinarians because they are often on the front line of human public health issues. In addition, courses of this type increase the number of veterinarians trained to spot serious avian diseases, including foreign diseases and diseases with zoonotic potential. Most important, veterinarians with this training develop the knowledge to contribute to the health and well-being of pet poultry along with their clients' other companion animals.
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Details
- Title
- Pet poultry training for veterinary practitioners
- Creators
- Rocio Crespo - Washington State University, Puyallup, WA, USA. crespor@wsu.eduCynthia FauxSingh A DhillonRuth C NewberryDale A Moore
- Publication Details
- Journal of veterinary medical education, Vol.37(4), pp.383-387
- Academic Unit
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- Canada
- Identifiers
- 99900547172901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article