Descrição
Dr. Alain Campagne é criador de aves desde os anos 70, e desde 2000 tem estado seriamente envolvido na criação de Neophemas e Neopsephotus. Faz parte de crescente número de “modernos” avicultores que aderiram à internet e participam em fóruns internacionais. Essas discussões globais têm evoluído e expandido com a internet e este tem sido o impulso para o sistema universal de nomenclatura para mutações de psitacídeos atualmente em divulgação por todo o mundo.
Descrição original:
Covers husbandry, breeding, pigmentation, mutations, genetics, and health and diseases. Each species is discussed in its own chapter with numerous colour images of mutations, the best collection in a book worldwide.
CONTENTS
In Captivity
Housing – Conventional; Suspended; Breeding Cages; Perches; Maintenance; Nestboxes
Feeding – Seeds; Complete Foods; Egg Mix; Greenfoods; Vegetables; Fruits; Sprouts; Supplements
Breeding – Acquiring Birds; Quarantine; Gender; Preparation; Laying; Banding; Records; Handrearing; Feeding; Transportation
Health and Disease
Common Problems – Medications
Part One – Droppings; Appetite; Posture; Feathers; Skin; Wings; Head; Examination; Paediatrics
Part Two – Infectious Diseases; Non-infectious Diseases
Plumage, Pigments, Colours and Colour Mutations
Displaying Colours – Plumage; Pigments; Colour
Colour Mutations
Primary Mutations – Sex-linked Recessive; Autosomal Recessive; Autosomal Dominant; Autosomal Co-dominant; Combination
SPECIES
Bourke’s Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations
Turquoisine Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations; Variations
Scarlet-chested Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutation; Variations
Elegant Parrot – Primary and Combination Mutations
Blue-winged Parrot – Primary Mutations
Rock Parrot – Primary Mutations
Orange-bellied Parrot – Primary Mutations