Poultry Web Site Update

Livestock Update, April 1998

Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech

As many of you are aware, Phillip Clauer's Poultry Resource Homepage has access to a lot of helpful poultry information to help you and your clientele. This page has over 1100 links and has had over 2000 visitors since December 16,1 997. The most helpful section for agents to use in helping answer clientele questions is the "Specific Resources" section under Poultry Educational Resources.

Agents will especially find the new Specific Commercial section help for calls asking what it takes to start in the commercial poultry industry. The University of Georgia has a few fact sheets linked to this area which discuss what is involved in becoming a commercial poultry grower or business.

The Specific Resources section breaks down resources by species and disciplines to help you find accurate information quickly. The table of topics includes:

Anatomy	Nutrition
Breed Identification	Management	Layer Chickens
Brooding	Miscellaneous	Meat Chickens
Cannibalism	Pest Control	Guineas
Egg Eating	Poultry Sounds	Peafowl
4-H & Youth Programs	Processing Poultry and Eggs	Gambirds
Genetics	Showing Poultry	Pigeon and Dove
Health and Diseases	Troubleshooting	Ratites
Housing	Waste Management	Turkey
Incubation	Specific to Commercial Production	Waterfowl

For those who have not bookmarked this page as a reference, the address is:

http://www.apsc.vt.edu/Faculty/Clauer/clauer.html

If you have any suggestions to help make this site more useful to you or your clientele, please send your suggestions to met at pclauer@vt.edu.

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