Beginning to Midterm Flashcards
Define Poultry
A term to designate those specieis of birds which render man an economic service and reproduce freely under his care
Chicken define
Gallus gallus or Gallus domesticus
General chicken terms:
Chick
Cockerel
Pullet
Rooster
Hen
Chick- Newly hatched chin
Cockerel- Juvenile male
Pullet- Juvenile female
Rooster- Adult male
Hen- Adult female
Meat chicken classification of a broiler vs a laying or breeding stock?
Turkey general terms:
Poult
Young tom
Young turkey hen
Tom
Turkey hen
Poult- Newly hatched turkey
Young tom- Juvenile male
Young turkey hen- juvenile female
Tom- mature male
Turkey hen- mature female
Meat classifications turkey. Turkey broiler vs heavy turkey.
Duck general terms:
Duckling-
Drake-
Duck-
Duckling- Newly hatched duck
Drake- Male duck
Duck- Female duck
Goose general terms:
Gosling-
Gander-
Goose-
Gosling- Newly hatched goose
Gander- Male goose
Goose- female goose
Pheasant general terms:
Pheasant chick-
Cock pheasant-
Hen pheasant-
Pheasant chick- Newly hatched
Cock pheasant- Adult male
Hen pheasant- Adult female
Guinea Fowl general terms:
Keet-
Guinea rooster-
Guinea hen-
Keet-Newly hatched guinea fowl
Guinea rooster- Adult male
Guinea hen- Adult female
Pigeon general terms:
Squad-
Cock-
Hen-
Squad- Young pigeon
Cock- adult male
Hen-adult female
What did birds evolve from? What were their modifications?
Reptiles with the power of flight. Scales became feathers, hollow bones and air sacs. Development of homeothermy.
Phyolgenic class of domesticated poultry?
Aves
Where were chickens domesticated? How many species of jungle fowl are there?
Domesticated in Thailand/Vietnam as early as 8000BC. 4 Jungle Fowl species.
Where were turkeys domestication?
The americas. Mexico.
Where were the ring-necked pheasant native to?
Native to Asia. Taken into captivity by Greeks in 1300 BC
Where did the modern strains of guinea fowl descend from?
Africa
Goose Latin name
Anser anser/ Anser cynoides
Leading chicken producing country is?
US, Brazil is catching up and china is 3rd.
Most chicken consumed in?
Israeli
Leading meat export countries
Brail, USA then EU.
Which country imports the most chicken?
Japan
Which country produces the most eggs?
China
Where is the most turkey’s produced?
USA, driven by christian holidays!
World’s biggest duck prod?
China
World’s goos and guinea fowl prod?
Asia
In CAN where is the most chicken meat produced?
ON, QC.
Biggest pop and follows the quota system.
Is egg consumption increasing or dec in CAN?
INCREASING. Cheep protein source.
WHat is vertical integration?
Where many part of a prod system are owned by one company. Company owns the grain, hatchery, processing plantm trucks…
Which are aspects which are NOT part of the vertical integration system in Canada?
Primary Breeding Company (Genetic selection)
Multiple Breeding Flock (own or contract).
These are both independent of the Canadian vertical integration.
What board it run by producers?
Regulates prod levels (prod syncs with demand). Stabilizes income and prod prices. Allows smaller farms to exist. Requires quota. Allows producers to own their own farms. Requires import control (tariffs)
Poultry Supply Management- Canada
Advantages to Vertical Integration
Everything is done how that company want it done. Operates as a unit. Everything is cheeper. Help with risk management.
Advantages to Marketing Boards
Producer has a steady income. Less waste. Family farms. Producers make more money, more for wellbeing. Regulated by producers, rather than govn’t. Community support for family farms.
Where do you determine percent fertilization?
At the site of fertilization. A dot on the yolk.
Dot is the germinal disc.
How to determien fertility macroscopic vs microscopic?
Macroscopic- cut off top part of egg and loof for the dot.
Microscopic- microscope
When you put the eggs in the incubator you would say, those eggs are “_ _ _”
Those eggs are set
When fertility is determined by an incubation test what are some issues?
Fails to differentiate very early embryonic death from infertility.
Unsual way of determining fertility in industry.
How do you calucalte percent hatchability?
The number of eggs you put into the machine and the number you get out.
Percent hatchability is of the total eggs set.
What is the embryonic mortality pattern?
A normal mortality curve has two spikes. 1 early mortality (3d aprox) for issues with Organ development. 2 at very end (27d aprox) with troubles trying to hatch, maybe not enough E.
What wing do they need their head under?
Head under right wing to PIP and then turn for hatching.
Do egg production birds have an expected hatchability of 75-80%?
NO!
Higher, 88-90% the highest prod becuase that is what they are selected for.
What is the expected hatchability for
a) Turkeys
b) Broiler breeders?
- 88-90%
- 82-85%
- 75-80%
Turkeys= 75-80%
Broiler breeders= 82-85%
Egg production = 88-90%
As the broiler breeder birds get older down reproductive performance increase or decrease?
Decrease
When to candle eggs?
5-10d.
What does a blood ring indicate?
Embryo death, blood vessels die and collapse.
Causes of low hatchability relating to fertility.
Fertility
Nutrition (body weight) –> Don’t want parents too skinny or fat.
Male to female ratio.
Disease
External parasites
Artifical insemination prob. (turkeys)
Causes of low hatchability, embryonic mortality.
Egg handling and storage.
Improper setter and hatcher settings (temp and humidity). Disease, breeder age, nutrition, genetic factors (imbreeding).
Common incubation probs.
Attach the mortality to the cause.
Infertility, early embryonic mortality, mid-term mortality, late mortality and pips.
6%, 24%, 28% and 42%
Infertility 42%
Early embryonic mortality 28%
Mid-term mortality 6%
Late mortality and pips. 24%
Important embryonic tissues.
a) Clear fluid surrounding embryo (protection).
b) Membrance enveloping the old. Nutrent uptake. Primary source of energy during last 3rd of incubation. Drawn into body prior to hatch. Nutrient supply 2-3 post hatch.
a) Amnion
b) Yolk Sac
Important embryonic tissues.
a) Development initiated on 3rd day and completed by 12th day. Completely envelopes the embryo and is highly vascular. For resp, excrete and digestion.
b) Fuses with inner shell membrance and allantoic membrane
a) Allantoic membrane.
b) Chorion
Just a diagram to look at.