Animal and Animal Products Import: Ratites and Hatching Eggs - http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/animals/ratites_eggs.shtml
Provides information on the procedures involved in importing ratites and other avian species into the US. |
Incubation and Hatching of Ratites - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PS006
Provides information on the environmental factors involved in the hatching process and how hatchability may be improved. |
Nutrition Guidelines for Ostriches and Emus - http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1696.pdf
Information on feeding programs which have been developed by using basic physiological and historical information available about ostriches and emus, combined with knowledge about the nutrient requirements of other poultry species. |
Poultry Preparation: Ratites (Emu, Ostrich and Rhea) - http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Ratites_Emu_Ostrich_Rhea/
Information from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service on raising ratites for meat, the inspection process and the way the flesh is marketed. |
Ratite Nutrition and Feeding - http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1089/2902-1089.html
Recommendations for diets. |
Ratite Production: Ostrich, Emu and Rhea - http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/ratite.html
Introduction to ratite production as an alternative livestock enterprise, pasturing, and resources. |
The Oklahoma State Ostrich Book - http://instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu/kocan/ostrich/ostbk2.htm
Provides information on ranching ostriches, handling eggs, incubation, chicks, growing birds, disease control and other management problems. |
USDA: Raising Emus and Ostriches - http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/AFSIC_pubs/srb9706.htm
Introduction and extensive list of related links. |