Fact Sheet

Question 0

True or false the egg is used as a protein quality standard in other dishes?

Answer 0

True

Question 1

What region of the U.S grows the most broilers?

Answer 1

Southeastern

Question 2

What “state” leads the broiler production?

Answer 2

Arkansas

Question 3

What three poultry divisions are there?

Answer 3

Turkey, broilers, egg production

Question 4

What two breeds are crossed together to get the modern broiler?

Answer 4

White Plymouth rock hen and a Cornish rooster

Question 5

How did Louis Pateur develop a vaccine for anthrax?

Answer 5

While studying fowl cholera, he found that chickens infected with the disease would die, but chickens infected with an old disease become immune.

Question 6

Who discovered the pecking order?

Answer 6

T. Schjelderup – Ebbe

Question 7

What did Konrad Lorenz receive the Nobel Prize for?

Answer 7

Duck Imprinting

Question 8

What is endocrinology?

Answer 8

The study of hormones and hormone producing glands

Question 9

What is gnotobiotics?

Answer 9

The study of organisms raised in germ-free conditions

Question 10

A. Churchill developed what in 1969?

Answer 10

A vaccaine for Mareks Disease

Question 11

Where did vitamin K get its name?

Answer 11

Henrik Dam Discovered the vitamin needed for blood to clot. He called it the Koagulations vitamin, which is Danish for coagulation

Question 12

What are the 2 species of Rhea?

Answer 12

Greater Rhea and Lesser (Darwin’s) Rhea

Question 13

What bird has 3 toes, no hind toe (hallux), is 4-5 feet tall, weighs 70 – 90 obs, is incubated by the male for 30 – 43 days, and has a nest called a scrape?

Answer 13

Rhea

Question 14

What percent of a Kiwi’s body weight is the egg?

Answer 14

About 10% or 11 lbs