Lecture 22 - Poultry Production and Management

Poultry

Chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowls, pheasants, quails, and pigeons are all considered members of what group of production birds? These are domesticated avian species that can be raised for meat, eggs, manure, and feathers. They are raised around the world, US is the largest meat producer, and China is the largest egg producer.

Chicken

Which type of poultry is the number one meat consumed, due to affordability, low fat, and lack of religious/cultural barriers?

Asiatic

Brahma, Cochin, Malay, and Pekin are what type of chicken breeds?

Mediterranean

Ancona, Andalusian, Leghorn, and Minora are what type of chicken breeds?

Layers

What is term for egg-laying hybrid breeds, which originate from light and medium breeds with strains like Harco, Isa Brown, Lohmann Brown, and Babcock?

Broilers

What is the term for meat-type hybrid breeds, which originate from heavy breeds with strains like Arbor Acres, Ross, Ranishaver, Cobb, Cornish, and White Plymouth Rock?

Free Range

Which type of management system involves foraging for insects, grass, and seeds, and is supplemented with grains? Housing is minimal, with birds outdoors with some shelter. It is characterized by small flock sizes.

Semi-intensive

Which type of management system involves a combination of scavenging and formulated food, birds have access to shelter and a fenced run, and stocking density is moderate?

Intensive

Which type of management system involves feeding formulated feed, includes deep litter, battery cage, and slatted floor methods? They have high stocking density and full enclosure within a house.

Less

Are free range and semi-intensive production methods more or less efficient compared to intensive systems? They are also more prone to predators and the environment.

Intensive

Which production management system is the most labor-intensive and has the most rapid spread of disease?

Vertical

Transmission of disease on the surface of an egg from mother to offspring is considered what type of disease transmission?

Biosecurity

Having a general plan, operating a disease control program, using disinfection and disinfestation, and using vaccines are important for maintaining what in poultry production?

Natural

Sunlight, heat, and cold are considered what type of disinfecting agents?

Chemical

Phenols, halogens, alcohol, cresols, and gaseous fumigation are considered what type of disinfecting agents?

Vaccines

Drinking water, sprays, eye/nasal drops, parenteral, and in-ovo are all possible routes of administering what in poultry?

Newcastle

An outbreak of what disease in California occurred first in free range and backyard flocks, spread to commercial poultry farms, and was combatted by quarantine and depopulation plans?

Yes

Should all poultry be provided with comfort/shelter, freedom from thirst/hunger/malnutrition, freedom of movement, disease prevention, rapid diagnosis, treatment of vice/injury/disease, company with like kind of birds, opportunity to display normal behavior, adequate lighting, and adequate flooring?