Diseases of Canaries (book)

Diseases of Canaries (book)

Diseases of Canaries is a book by Robert Stroud. It was originally published in 1933. The author was well known as "The Bird Man of Alcatraz", Robert Stroud. He wrote this book while serving a life sentence. It is a comprehensive work which contains much information on: Anatomy - Feeding - Feeding Experiments - Insects and Parasites - The Moult - Injuries - Septic Fever - Septicemia - Necrosis - Diarrhoea - Aspergillosis - Bacteriology - Pathogenic Organisms - Drugs etc.

This is one of two books on canaries written by the author Robert Stroud. His other book, Stroud's Digest on the Diseases of Birds, has the same content but with updated specific information.


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