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Proventricular–Ventricular Impaction in Two Ostrich Chicks (Struthio camelus)

Published: October 19, 2017
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INTRODUCTION Ostriches like any other poultry do not have teeth for chewing. They have a flat and broad beak for grasping or picking food and the tongue function as a prehensile organ and aids in swallowing feed. Thus, the birds require grits or other forms of particles with the aid of which the powerful ventriculus or gizzard musculature compress and break down feed into smaller particles fo...
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Dr. A.O. Ogbe
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Begerano Albert
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5 de noviembre de 2017
Ostrich is not common poultry, They need a lot of roughage to avoid food compaction. I worked many years with ostriches in Israel.
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Jon Pender
6 de noviembre de 2018

How did you come to a dosage for oxytet?

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Tahir Naseem
29 de marzo de 2021
Please let me confirm the dosage of Oxytetracycline, 25mg/kg or 250mg/kg??
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