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Printed & Electronic Publications

• Fact Sheets: These are short publications which address a specific topic; publication is occasional.

  1. PFS No. 5  General Molting Recommendations

  2. PFS No. 10  Managing Your Poultry Waste Problems

  3. PFS No. 11A  Guidelines For Risk Reduction of Microbial Introduction Into Poultry Flocks and Products

  4. PFS No. 13  Lighting Programs for Replacement Pullets

  5. PFS No. 14  Lighting Programs for Table Egg Layers

  6. PFS No. 15A  Getting Started in the Egg Business

  7. PFS No. 16C  California Turkey Production

  8. PFS No. 17B  The Ratite Meat Industry

  9. PFS No. 18c  Standard Bred Poultry - Sources and Resources

  10. PFS No. 19  Points to Ponder Before Starting A Poultry Operation

  11. PFS No. 20  Chicken Meat Production in California

  12. PFS No. 21  The Use of Flaxseed as a Poultry Feedstuff

  13. PFS No. 23  Rodenticides for Control of Norway Rats, Roof Rats and House  Mice

  14. PFS No. 24  A Summary of Regulations of the California Department of Food and Agriculture CDFA) Pertaining to Eggs and Egg Container Brand Registration

  15. PFS No. 26  Biosecurity for Poultry Flocks

  16. PFS No. 27  Sanitation-Disinfection Basics

  17. PFS No. 28  Animal Production Food Safety Programs

  18. PFS No. 30  Use of Competitive Exclusion Products for Poultry

  19. PFS No. 34   Avian Influenza

  20.   PFS No. 35 Incubating Eggs In Small Quantities

  21.   PFS No. 36  Keep Your Flock Healthy
      

• Leaflets: These generally contain longer more comprehensive coverage of a specific subject than fact sheets. They are printed and sold by the publication unit of the Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources. For information contact DANR Ag Publications, 6701 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA 94608-1239; (510) 642-2431; e-mail danrcs@ucdavis.edu or go to http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/.  Some of the publications in this category are available here (see links).

   

  1. The Australian Emu: Embryonic Development, 1997, 19" x 24" color poster, #21559, $7.50.
  2. 4-H Poultry Showmanship, 1998, 19 photographs and text, 16 pp., #4-H 2060, $3.50.
  3. Control of External Parasites of Chickens and Pigeons, 1975, 20 pp., #2267, $2.00.
  4. Development of the Pheasant Embryo, 1987, 19" x 25" poster with color photographs, #3321, $3.50.
  5. Force Molting of Chcikens Series, 1974-1976, 76 pp., #ANRP004, $3.00.
  6. Growing a Small Flock of Turkeys, 1981, 12 pp., #2733, $1.75.
  7. Integrated Mangaement of Pest Flies on Poultry Ranches, 1981, 20 pp., #2505, $2.00.
  8. Keep Your flock Healthy, 1976, 4 pp., #2902, $1.50.
  9. Lighting for poultry, 1979, 16 pp., #21067, $1.75.
  10. Methods of Measuring Feed Consumption in Poultry Flocks, 1975, 8 pp., #2244, $1.50.
  11. Planned Disease Prevention Series [PDPS], 1972-1981, 30 pp., #ANRP005, $2.00.

                        [PDPS]  Disease Prevention Checklist

                        [PDPS]  Cleaning and disinfecting poultry equipment and poultry houses.

                        [PDPS]  Vaccination, Debeaking, and Insemination Crews

                        [PDPS]  Poultry Ranch Communication Systems

                        [PDPS]  All-In, All-Out Replacement System

                        [PDPS]  Hatchery & Hatching Egg Sanitation

                        [PDPS]  Replacing Your Laying Stock

                        [PDPS]  Preventing Avian Pox

   

  1.   Raising Geese, 1975, 8 pp., #2225, $1.50.
  2.   Starting and Managing Small Poultry Units, 1980, 20 pp., #2656, $2.00.
  3.   La cria de pollos y gallinas en menor escala, 1980, 20 pp., #21149, $2.00.
  4. Thin-Bed Drying of Poultry Manure, 1980, 8 pp., #2658, $1.00.

  Leaflets available only online:

  1.   Common Lice and Mites of Poultry: Identification and Treatment
  2.   Hatching Egg Sanitation: The Key Step in Successful Storage and Production, 2004.
  3.   Common Incubation Problems: Causes and Remedies, 2004.
  4.   Egg Candling and Breakout Analysis, 2004.
  5.   Feeding Chickens
  6.   Raising Chukar Partridges, 1982.
  7.   Preventing Avian Pox
  8.  Raising Ducks in Small flocks
  9.   Raising Game Birds
  10.   Selecting Chickens for Home Use. Intended for small flock owners.
  11.    Raising and Propagating Japanese Quail
  12.   Japanese Quail Husbandry in the Laboratory (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
  13.   Precision Debeaking of Week-Old Chicks
  14. PowerPoint Presentation on Precision Beak Trimming (As discussed in leaflet above with color photos.)

             14.    Egg Basics for the Consumer:  Packaging, Storage, and Nutritional Information

             15.    A Live-Dead Stain to Test Poultry Semen Quality

• Poultry Care Practices:

    Broiler Care Practices

    Egg-Type Layer Flock Care Practices

    Turkey Care Practices

    Muscovy Duck Care Practices

   

• Proceedings: Many of the meetings listed above include proceedings which are distributed to those in attendance and sold to other interested persons. For information contact any of the offices listed above.

  1.  2001 Poultry Symposium and Egg Processing Workshop

  • Total Sulfur Amino Acids: Lysine Ratios and Low Protein Diets Effects on Laying Hens Performance During Early Stage of Production - H.M. Yakout, C.L. Novak and S.E. Scheideler
  • The Research on Salmonella enteritidis and Molting - Carol Cardona
  • Housing of Laying Hens:  Coping with EU Regulations - Franz Sommer
  • Capturing Refrigeration Waste Heat & Energy Conservation - Jim Thompson
  • Mortality Disposal Alternatives - D.R. Kuney
  • New Methods For Producing Extended Shelf Life Liquid Eggs - Mo Samimi

  2.  2000 Poultry Symposium and Egg Processing Workshop

  • Practical Problems in Layer and Pullet Nutrition - John Kuhl
  • Developing Science-Based Animal Welfare Guidelines - J.A. Mench and J.C. Swanson
  • Recent Progress in Poultry Pest Research - Bradley A. Mullens
  • Designer Eggs: Nutritional and Functional Significance - J.S. Sim and H.H. Sunwoo
  • The Changing Economy of the Egg Industry - Dick Magoffin and Dick Chilson
  • Animal Welfare: Consumer viewpoints - J.C. Swanson and J.A. Mench
  • Flock Friendly Molting Methods - A Progress Report - Don Bell
  • Low-Cost Remote Computer Supervision of Egg Processing and Delivery Systems- Avi Bernstein and Gideon Zeidler

  3. 1999 Poultry Symposium and Egg Processing Workshop 

  4.  1998 Poultry Symposium and Egg Processing Workshop

  • Changing Egg Price Relationships - Large & Medium Eggs - Don Bell
  • Rapid Forced Air Cooling of Cartoned Eggs - Ralph Ernst
  • Recent Advances in Egg Products Research & Development - Glenn Froning
  • Computer-Assisted Ordering & Truck Routing for Egg Marketers - Dick Magoffin
  • Egg Washing and Food Safety - Terry Pollard
  • Egg Processing - Ideas for the Future - Glenn Froning
  • Vaccination Against S. Enteritidis & Monitoring Vaccination Success - Armando Mirande
  • Salmonella Enteritidis in the Environment - Hailu Kinde
  • How Do Competitive Exclusion Products Work? - Joan Jeffrey
  • On-Farm HACCP Programs for Monitoring & Controlling Poultry Pests - Barry Kelly
  • Mapping Laying House Temperature - Doug Kuney
  • Managing Laying House Temperature for Greater Profits - Don Bell

• Field Research Reports (Progress In Poultry):



• PIP No. 1: The Effect of Short-Term Feed or Water Removal on Various Egg Characteristics
• PIP No. 2: A Test of Turkey Hatching Egg Sanitation Procedures
• PIP No. 3:  A Comparison of One, Two and Three Cycles of Egg Production
• PIP No. 4:  A Study of Fly Control by Stirring Poultry Droppings With and Without a Bacterial Spray
• PIP No. 5:  A Comparison of Force Molting Methods
• PIP No. 6:  Shell Damage in Mechanical Egg Gathering Systems -- A California Study
• PIP No. 7:  Restricted Feeding of Laying Hens
• PIP No. 8:  The Use of a Mixture of 50 Percent Grape Pomace and 50 Percent Whole Olive Meal as a Portion of a force Molt Ration
• PIP No. 9:  The Effects of Crowding Laying Hens in Cages
• PIP No. 10:  A Study of Rodent Repellers for House Mouse Control
• PIP No. 11:  Feed Restriction of Laying Hens
• PIP No. 12:  Egg Shell Damage - 1.  During Washing
• PIP No. 13:  The Use of Grape Pomace in a Force Molt Feed
• PIP No. 14:  Sources of Calcium - Effect on Performance
• PIP No. 15:  A Comparison of Force Molting Methods - II
• PIP No. 16:  A Field Study of the Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate on Egg Shell Quality
• PIP No. 17:  Peripheral Avian Populations and Poultry Disease Control
• PIP No. 18:  Egg Washing Wastewater Characteristics and Treatability
• PIP No. 19:  Effect of an Antioxidant (Ethoxyquin on the Performance of Laying Hens
• PIP No. 20:  The Effects of Added Fat in Layer Diets
• PIP No.  21:  A Comparison of Force Molting Methods - III
• PIP No.  22:  Phase Feeding of Layers
• PIP No.  23:  Varying the Age of Sexual Maturity in Single Comb White Leghorn Laying Hens
• PIP No.  24:  Effects of Beak Trimming Method and Cage Density on Laying Hens
• PIP No.  25:  Egg Shell Damage - 2  In the Cage and During Collection
• PIP No.  26:  A Study of Cage Shape, Size and Stocking Density
• PIP No.  27:  A Comparison of Force Molting Methods - IV
• PIP No.  28:  Varying the Age of Moving and Lighting Single Comb White Leghorn Laying Hens
• PIP No.  29:  The Effect of Age & Strain on Egg Weight
• PIP No.  30:  Strain/Season Relationships for Egg Production, Feed Consumption, Feed Conversion, and Mortality in Commercial Egg Production Flocks
• PIP No.  31:  Evaluation of Synerid and Synerid-100 as a Topical Spray for Controlling House Flies in Poultry Manure
• PIP No.  32:  Egg Pricing at Farm, Wholesale, and Retail Levels
• PIP No.  33:  Microbiological Monitoring of Hatchery and Hatching Egg Sanitation
• PIP No.  34:  Field Evaluation of Synerid as a House Fly Larvacide in a Northern California Caged-Layer Facility
• PIP No.  35:  Trends in Layer Performance
• PIP No.  36:  The Effects of Cage Density, Housing and Strain of Chickens on Various Performance Parameters (Report #1)
• PIP No.  37:  The Effects of Cage Shape, Housing and Strain of Chickens on Various Performance Parameters (Report #2)
• PIP No.  38:  Egg Pricing at the Farm, Wholesale and Retail Levels - 1989
• PIP No.  39:  The Effect of Temperature and Storage Time on Weight Loss of Table Eggs
• PIP No.  40:  Two Molt Methods Compared
• PIP No.  41:  An Alternative Molting Procedure
• PIP No. 42:  Contemporary Layer Flock Performance Records Analysis and Use - 2004-2005