RPC Resource Centre - Services, Downloads, Links

Here, we present a few useful links to websites and documents on rural poultry.

	Web	PDF
Cluckin - sundry and generous information about chicken raising
Family poultry development - Issues, opportunities and constraints. 2014. FAO Manual.
Poultry Development Review. 2013. FAO working paper.
- Poultry Development Review. Links to individual chapters.
Small-scale poultry production. 2004. FAO manual.
Poultry for Profit and Pleasure. 2004. Clarke B. FAO
Proceedings of a Workshop. Poultry as a Tool in Poverty Eradication and Promotion of Gender Equality. 1999. FAO workshop, Denmark.
Workshop on Smallholder Poultry Development. University of Natal, South Africa, October 2003
Small-scale chicken production - Agromisa, CTA, WPSA
Keeping Village Poultry - Network for Smallholder Poultry Development
Improved Practices in Rearing Indigenous Chickens - CTA
A Guide to Guinea Fowl Farming in Malawi - Anne Downes. 1999
Improving village chicken production: a manual for field workers and trainers. Ahlers et al. 2009. ACIAR Monograph No 139.
- Improving village chicken production - part 1
- Improving village chicken production - part 2
- Improving village chicken production - part 3
- Improving village chicken production - part 4
Village chicken production systems in rural Africa - Household food security and gender issues. 1998. FAO. A J Kitalyi
Nutrient Requirements of Poultry - National Research Council
How much will my chickens eat? - Univ Kentucky, 2012
Feeding Chickens - ATTRA, 1998
Pastured-Raised Poultry Nutrition - Jeff Mattocks - Heifer International, 2002
Effects of feed supplementation of local chickens in Lilongwe, Malawi. Gadama et al. 2015
Diseases of Poultry - the Poultry Site
The Merck Veterinary Manual - Poultry Section
Poultry disease handbook for Africa. 2009. Peter L. Msoffe and Carol J. Cardona
Manual on meat inspection for developing countries. 1994. FAO. Chapter 7. Specific Diseases of Poultry.
Newcastle disease - fast facts. Iowa State Univ. 2008
A comparison of Newcastle disease vaccines available in Malawi. Rural Poultry Centre in Malawi.
Sustainable Control of Newcastle Disease in Village Poultry. 2012. FAO Review. Alders et al
Village chickens, poverty alleviation and the sustainable control of Newcastle disease. Proc. 2009. Alders et al.
Controlling Newcastle disease in village chickens: a training manual. 2001. Alders et al.
Controlling Newcastle disease in village chickens: a field manual. 2001. Alders and Spradbrow.
Controlling Newcastle disease in village chickens: a laboratory manual - 2nd edition. 2012. Young et al.
Veterinary Cold Chain Manual: ensuring effective vaccines. 2015. Young et al. ACIAR Monograph No. 165a.
A Basic Laboratory Manual for the Small-Scale Production and Testing of I-2 Newcastle Disease Vaccine. FAO. 2002. Sally Grimes
A manual for practitioners in community-based animal health outreach (CAHO) for highly pathogenic avian influenza. ILRI/FAO 2009.
Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Control of Poultry Parasites. Permin and Hansen. FAO. 1998
Cannibalism by Poultry. University of Nebraska. 2007. Scheideler and Shields.
External parasites on chickens. 2002. Dept Agric. South Africa.
External Parasites of Poultry. 2013. University of Florida. P E Kaufman
Common Lice and Mites of Poultry: Identification and Treatment. 2005. Univ. Calif. Davis. Pub. No: 8162.
Poultry Pest Management. 1995. Ohio State University
Insecticide Control on Poultry (ENT-28). 2015. University of Kentucky
Quail Farming in Tropical Regions - Ricarda Mondry - CTA
Introduction to Quail Farming Business Plan - Jagdish Reddy