GAME BIRD DISEASES: A GAMEKEEPER'S GUIDE. By Alan Pearson, B.V.M. and S., M.R.C.V.S.

2014 1st edition. Tall 12mo pocket-sized format (95 x 196mm). Pp183. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations. Pictorial laminated hardback, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"A practical guide to avoid and identify avian maladies." This is a pocket-sized book aimed at the working gamekeeper. A wealth of easily understood information is readily available at a moment's notice. All the common and a number of the not-so-common gamebird diseases and other aliments are included in this handy reference guide. Game stock welfare, disease identification, prevention, and treatment alternatives are all suggested in a no-nonsense narrative that will aid today's working gamekeeper or game farmer to raise and release healthy game stock. This is a publication that every low ground keeper should have at hand during rearing time and will also prove useful for the veterinary practitioner. "The book is split into two parts. The first is a practical reference guide to good game bird husbandry practices that, if adhered to, will help keepers maintain a sound health regime and avoid many of the problems that are contained in the second part. Part two is an alphabetical list of diseases, parasites and conditions. Gamekeepers will be able to return the the first section time and again to reinforce their knowledge... Equally, by familiarising oneself with the second section, a good grounding in what can go wrong and what to do about it will also be achievable thanks to Alan's easily understood narratives." (From the Foreword by Peter Carr). An immensely useful book on a subject poorly covered in the more recent gamekeeping literature.