Ratite management, medicine and surgery, edited by T.N. Tully and S.M. Shane : book review

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Extracted from text ... Book review - Boekresensie Ratite management, medicine and surgery Edited by T N Tully and S M Shane 1996. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida, USA, 160 pp., hard cover. Price ?35.95. ISBN 0 89464 874 8. In an attempt to collate the latest information in this rapidly expanding field and with the stated aim to serve a production-oriented ratite industry, 19 authors share 17 chapters on clinical anatomy, nutrition, biosecurity, restraint and handling, reproduction, hatchery management, anaesthesiology, surgical conditions, clinical haematology and chemistry, parasites, infectious diseases, developmental problems, therapeutics, examination and health certification, and jurisprudence. The best chapters are ..