Definition Of Term Poultry Flashcards
- is a collective term for all domestic birds that is of economic service to man.
- It can also refer to the dressed carcass of the fowl.
POULTRY
are kinds of birds that are included in the term poultry
poultry species
total abdominal depth & width
abdominal capacity
the distance between the pubic & the keel bone.
Abdominal depth
the distance between the 2 pubic bones.
Abdominal width
fear of chickens,
alektorophobia
Medication used as an aid to prevent and treat coccidiosis and can be found in some medicated chick feeds
AMPROLIUM
a dilute substance produced by microorganisms that have the power to kill other organism.
Antibiotics
a substance formed in the body as a result of infection or administration of suitable antigens.
ANTIBODY
A disease organism that has been weakened to reduce its virulence
ANTTENUATED
pertaining to birds.
Avian
microscopic organisms that are composed of a single cell.
Bacteria
a miniature chicken about the size of a regular chicken.
bantam
a chicken of mixed breed.
barnyard chicken
The elongated feathers below the beak area that created a puffy look to some feathers
Beard
is a word for a hen.
Biddy
the use of the beak to scoop feed out of a through – onto the floor.
Bill out
Disease prevention management
biosecurity
A small white bullseye on the egg yolk indicating a fertile egg.
Blastoderm
A small white disc on the egg yolk indicating an infertile egg.
Blastodisc
. the fading of color of beak, shanks & vent
bleaching
the moist, protective coating of a freshly laid egg that dries so fast.
Bloom
A material used to cover the floor on confined spaces
BEDDING/LITTER
To discourage a hen from setting.
Break up
a group of chickens that are like each other and different from other chickens.
A race of domestic fowls, which maintains distinctive characteristic of shape, growth, temperament & shell color of egg produced
BREED
mature chickens where fertile eggs are collected
breeders
a characteristic of purebred chicks whereby they resemble both parents.
Breed true
a young, tender meat chicken also called a FRYER
- a type of chicken raised for meat.
Broiler
To care for a batch of chicks.
Brood
A type of chicken raised for meat.
Brooder
Material which is place around the brooder heat source to prevent the chicks from staying too far from the heat source.
Brooder guard
Is caused due to hormonal influence. The broody fowls do not lay eggs and feed. Such fowls are to be separated and kept in bright light.
in fowls is treated by giving estrogen injection and nutrient food.
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Broodiness
A chicken that has decided to sit on and hatch a clutch of eggs
Broody
the process of providing supplemental heat to broiler chicks from hatching up to the time they have grown sufficient feathers to control their own body temperature.
Brooding
A bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction of the feet of birds.
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Bumble foot
chickens kept in cages.
Cage feed
to examine the contents of an intact egg with light
candle
a nasty behavior manifested by pecking on others’ tails, and feathers
- is referred to as one bird pecking the other bird.
Cannibalism
the narrow feathers between the nape & back.
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cape
a chicken that shows no evidence of a disease, yet harbors the organism, and is capable of transmitting the disease to others.
Carrier
an egg with a cracked shell, but the shell membrane is still intact.
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check
one of the common poultry species
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chicken
An enclosure where the chickens are kept safe and secure
Chicken coop
newly hatched chicken- (DOC)
chick
a scheme whereby a grower enters into a contract with an integrator to grow broilers up to a marketable age of about 36-42 days.
Contact growing
An all-in-one urinating, defecating and mating mechanism located on the hind end of the chicken.
Cloaca
the sound of hen to comfort her chick
cluck
word for a mother hen.
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clucker
a batch of egg that are hatched together
Clutch
infection with coccidial protozoa without showing any signs.
Coccidiasis
a parasitic protozoal infestation.
Coccidiosis
a male chicken.
Cock
a male chicken under one year old.
Cockerel
A featherless crest at the top of a chicken’s head
Comb
the environmental temperature wherein the animal does not exert extra effort to maintain normal body temperature. – in CHICKEN it is 55 F.
comfort zone
a chicken’s state of health and cleanliness.
Condition
a chickens body structure.
conformation
a house or cage in which the chickens’ lives.
Coop
a pouch at the base of the chicken’s neck.
Crop
The feathers protruding from the top of the chicken’s head
Crest
an unsexed male readily distinguished by the undeveloped comb and wattles.
Capon
Two white cords on each side of the yolk that keep it properly positioned within the egg white.
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Chalazae
cutting of the wattles
cropping
The removal of unprofitable birds from the flock
– is the process of separating or eliminating sick and nonproductive birds from the Poultry. The non-productive birds can be distinguished from the productive birds.
Culling
Is a process of cutting one third of upper beak at 15 days age for first time and at 16th week for second time. As a result of this the chicken may not involve in cannibalism and can easily procure the soft food without waste.
Debeaking
eggs with dirt or stains covering more than ¼ of the shell.
Dirties
An impairment of the normal function of any body organ or part of the bird
disease
a substance that kills pathogenic organisms but not necessarily spores and is usually applied to inanimate objects.
Disinfectant
The soft, fur like fluff covering a newly hatched chick.
Down
chicken manure.
droppings
. the trim of the comb
dub
cutting the comb
dubbing
The habit chickens have in trashing around in soft soil to clean their feathers and discourage body parasites.
Dust
bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage.
dust bath
breed of chicken that is raised for both eggs and meat
dual purpose breed
Bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage
Dust bath
a horny cap on a chick’s upper beak that helps the chick pip through the shell
egg tooth
a fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching.
Embryo
the amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird.
Finish
group of chickens living together.
Flocks
domesticated bird raised for food.
Fowl
Viral disease in chickens and other species of poultry that
causes lesions on Skin (cutaneous form) and can affect respiratory tract and
upper GI (diphtheritic form)
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fowl pox
feathers that curl rather than lying flat
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frizzle
a tender young meat chicken, also called a BROILER
fryer
crushed rock that helps breakdown food in the gizzard
grit
a rooster cape feathers.
Hackles
the characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather than pointed sex feather.
Hen feathered
female that is a year or older
hen
Agglutination of red blood cells
Hemagglutination
the offspring of a heh & rooster of different breeds.
Hybrid
PERIOD the time it takes for a bird egg to hatch
Incubation
. the number of eggs a hen lays during a given time
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intensity of lay
during the hatching process, when the chick breaches the membrane into the air cell of the gg.
INTERNAL PIP
when a bird has some degree of resistance to a particular disease
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immune
A machine that maintains the perfect temperatures to hatch an egg
Incubation
the invasion of a pathogen into susceptible tissue resulting in disease.
INFECTION
IINFECTIOUS DISEASE
keeping poultry in areas separate from other poultry
isolation
a young male or female bird
JUVENILE
the egg that leaks because the shell as cracked and the shell membrane is broken.
LEAKER
the energy of the food eaten less the energy of the excrement derived from it, both fecal and urinary
METABOLIZABLE ENERGY
the feathers sticking out from both sides of the face, otherwise
called as WHISKERS.
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MUFF
loss of feathers due to change in season followed by regrowth
MOLTING
a sickness in a bird or flock caused by the disease.
MORBIDITY
death of birds in the flock.
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MORTALITY
a wooden or plastic egg placed in a neat to encourage chickens to lay there.
NEST EGG
upgraded egg
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NEST RUN
An extremely contagious disease affecting birds, including domestic poultry
Newcastle Disease
breed of chicken that is raised primarily for show or exhibition
ORNAMENTAL BREED
the laying of an egg.
OVIPOSITION
an organism that lives in or on another organism from which it derives its nourishment
PARASITE
describes the condition that occurs when a chick’s vent is covered in feces and becomes clogged.
PASTY BUTT
an organism capable of causing disease.
PATHOGEN
Loose dropping sticking to vent area.
PASTING
the social rank of chickens.
PECK ORDER
the ability of the hen to lay steadily over a long period of time.
PERSISTENCY OF LAY
pubic bones.
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PINBONES
the tips of a newly emerging feathers.
PINFEATHERS
the hole a newly formed chick makes in its shell when it is ready to hatch.
PIP
- the total set of feathers covering a chicken
PLUMAGE
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trimming of the earlobes
PRINNING
breed of chicken that is raised for egg production or meat production.
PRODUCTION BREED
a female chicken under one year old.
PULLET
the offspring of a heh & rooster of the same breed.
PUREBRED
- the hollow, horny, basal part of stem of a feather.
QUILL
any abnormal sound coming from the airways.
RALES
description of chickens that are allowed to graze pasture.
RANGE FED
a check; dirty; leaker & otherwise inedible egg.
RESTRICTED EGG
a cockerel or pullet, usually weighing 4 6 pounds, suitable for cooking whole in an oven.
ROASTER
male chicken
ROOSTER
a chicken or group of chicken resting, likely in an elevated perch
ROOSTING
- the part of the chickens back just behind the tail.
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SADDLE
feathers in front of the tail
SADDLE FEATHERS
the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the chicken’s shanks and toes.
SCALES
newly hatched chicks that has been sorted out into pullets and cockerels
SEXED
a hackle; saddle or tail feather that is rounded in a hen but usually pointed in a rooster.
SEX FEATHER
the long, curved tail feathers of some roosters.
SICKLES
the sharp pointed protrusions on a rooster shanks.
SPURS
no longer laying well.
SPENT
a cockerel on a brink of sexual maturity, when his comb and spurs
begin to develop.
STAG
young female chickens that are nearly old enough to lay.
STARTER PULLETS
a feed formulation for growing chicks up to laying age or 16 weeks for hens.
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STARTER/GROWER FEEDS
a family of any variety of poultry that possesses and reproduces with marked regularity common individual characters which distinguish this from other families of the same variety.
STRAIN
a hen’s instinctive habit of hiding her eggs.
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STEAL
newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed, otherwise called as UNSEXED or AS HATCHED
STRAIGHT RUN
anything which affects the bird’s well-being and lowers its resistance to disease.
STRESS
a value placed on the potency of a biological agent, when applied to the agglutination test it is the weakest dilution at which clumping of the antigen occurs.
TITER
a cock & 2 hens or a cockerel and 2 pullets of the same breed and variety.
TRIO
the type & shape of a chicken that tell you what breed it is.
TYPE
subdivision of a breed according to color; comb style; beard or leg feathering,
- Or a subdivision of a breed, a term used to distinguish fowls having the standard shape and other characteristics of the breed to which they belong but differing in color of plumage; shape of comb etc. from other groups of the same breed.
VARIETY
an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled.
VENT
a preparation of microorganism (killed, living attenuated.or living totally virulent) which when placed in the body of the bird produces or increases immunity to a certain disease.
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VACCINE
an animal which carries and transmits parasites to poultry such as earthworm, which carries the chicken tapeworm eggs.
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VECTOR
pasting a condition where the chicks suffer from early diarrhea.
VENT
an organism, ultramicroscopic in size that multiplies only in living cells. Some viruses are capable of causing disease.
VIRUS
flesh under the beak of the chicken that is used as a heat regulating mechanism
WATTLE
an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled
WRY NECK
