Open AccessThe main medical problems of ostriches
Author(s) -
S. K. Kritas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the hellenic veterinary medical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2585-3724
pISSN - 1792-2720
DOI - 10.12681/jhvms.15421
Subject(s) - stock (firearms) , raising (metalworking) , agricultural science , veterinary medicine , medicine , biology , geography , engineering , archaeology , mechanical engineering
Ostrich raising became recently a novel and seemingly profitable type of farming in Greece, and many other European countries. This review presents several medical conditions that may be observed during veterinary practice in these farms, or that may be imported in Greece by newly bought reproductive stock. An attempt was made to present ostrich diseases according to the principally affected organic system (digestive, respiratory, nervous, myoskeletal, reproductive etc.).