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Poultry refers to chicken being

alive or slaughtered

modern chickens came from

gallus gallus

domestic chickens were located in India

3,400 years ago

Primary Purpose Of The Poultry Industry

* To produce inexpensive sources of protein for human consumption

what type of gastric are poultry

* Poultry are monogastric animals

Cornish cross

* Chicken meat bought in US supermarkets
* Bred to be confined
* Suffer from a variety of skeletal and heart problems - fast growth
* Cornish breed – not good foragers, nor are they usually very active birds 

new hampshire

* Mainly raised for meat
* Modest producers of brown eggs
* Some lay eggs of a dark brown color 
* Can be competitive and aggressive with other chickens
* A hen of this breed will lay about 240 large brown eggs a year

Dong Tao Chicken (Dragon foot chicken)

* Raised for meat, for eggs, and also as pets
* Legs grow as thick as a human’s wrist 
* Once bred only for royalty and rituals
* They take 8 months or more to reach maturity
* Sell for as much as $2,500.

true or false

* Most eggs produced in commercial egg operations are never touched by human hands from the point of production until they are taken from their container to be used

* - Several males can run with a flock of females
* Obtain the maximum number of hatching eggs

mass mating

pen mating

– 1 male is mated with a small flock of females

* Keep track of ancestry

* Stud mating

1 female is mated with 1 male

* The females can be removed, and another female is then put with the male

Total U.S. egg production is about

97 billion

* Eggs laid on the floor should not be used because

it can spread disease

avian influenza is also called the

bird flu