Practical handbook of falcon husbandry and medicine / Margit Gabriele Muller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muller, Margit Gabriele.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Falcons--Diseases.

Falcons.

Falcons--Wounds and injuries.

Falconry.

Veterinary medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is intended to be a useful handbook for all interested people working with falcons. It includes 17 chapters ranging from history of falcon medicine to different diseases up to first aid and intensive care medicine.

Contents:

""PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF FALCONHUSBANDRY AND MEDICINE""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Abstract""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. History of Falconry""; ""1.2.1. Historical Sources of Falconry""; ""1.2.2. Falconry in the Middle East""; ""1.3. Development of Falcon Medicine""; ""1.3.1. Early Times of Falcon Medicine""; ""1.3.2. Falcon Medicines Treatises in the Medieval Times""; ""1.3.3. Falcon Treatment in the Medieval Times""; ""1.3.4. Falcon Medicine in the 20th And 21st Century""; ""1.4. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Species Information""; ""Abstract""

""2.1. Introduction""""2.2. Raptor Anatomy""; ""2.3. Species and Age Differences of Falcons""; ""2.3.1 Lanner Falcon (F. biarmicus)""; ""2.3.2. Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus)""; ""2.3.3. Barbary Falcon (F. pelegrinoides)""; ""2.3.4. Saker Falcons (F.cherrug)""; ""2.3.5. Gyrfalcon (F.rusticolus)""; ""2.3.6. Hybrid Falcons""; ""List of Possible Hybrid Falcon Species""; ""2.3.7. Differentiation of Falco spp. Juveniles from Adults""; ""2.4. Other Raptors Used for Falconry""; ""2.4.1. Accipter Gentilis""; ""2.4.2. Harris Hawk (Parabuteo unicinatus)""; ""2.4.3. Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaëtos)""

""2.5. Conclusion""""References""; ""Falcon Husbandry""; ""Abstract""; ""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2 Housing and Equipments""; ""3.2.1. Housing and Falcon Facilities""; ""3.2.2. Equipment""; ""3.2.3 Tethering""; ""3.2.4. Transport""; ""3.3. Nutrition""; ""3.3.1. Well-Balanced Diet for Falcons""; ""3.3.2. Preparation of Fresh Food""; ""3.3.3. Preparation of Frozen Food""; ""3.3.4. Nutritional Values and Vitamin Content of Different Food""; ""3.3.5. Water""; ""3.3.6. Casting""; ""3.3.7. Rangles""; ""3.4. Hygiene and Disinfection""; ""3.4.1. Falcon Facilities Screening""

""3.4.2. Short Guidelines for Conducting Of Facility Screenings""""3.5. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Molting""; ""Abstract""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. General Information about Molting inFalcons""; ""4.3. Pre-Molting Examinations""; ""4.4. Husbandry during Molting""; ""4.4.1. Housing""; ""4.4.2. Feeding""; ""4.4.3. Vitamin Supplements""; ""4.4.4. Light Management""; ""4.4.5. Control of the Molting Process""; ""4.5. Successful Release of Groups in MoltingAviaries""; ""4.6. Post-Molting Examination""; ""4.7. Molting Disorders""; ""Administration of Thyroid Gland Hormones""

""Medicine Administration""""Stress and Fear""; ""Damage to the Feather Follicle""; ""4.8. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""First Aid""; ""Abstract""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. General Information about Emergencies inFalcons""; ""5.2.1. Priorities in First Aid Management""; ""5.2.2. First Aid Kit""; ""Medical Consumables""; ""Medicines""; ""Tools""; ""5.3. Emergency Situation Requiring First AidTreatment""; ""5.3.1. Shock""; ""5.3.2. Management of Wounds and Injuries""; ""5.3.2.1. Wounds""; ""Wound Bandaging""; ""Bleeding wounds""

""Bleeding Wounds, Cuts or Abrasions (Small Wounds up to 0.5 cmLength)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-567-6