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glossary term III Flashcards

1
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the invasion of a pathogen into susceptible tissue resulting in disease

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infection

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2
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a disease produced by the invasion of living microscopic organisms

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infectious disease

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3
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keeping poultry in areas separate from the other poultry

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isolation

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4
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a young male or female bird

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juvenile

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5
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the egg that leaks because the shell as cracked and the shell membrane is broken

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leaker

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6
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the energy of the food eaten less the energy of the excrement derived from it both fecal and urinary

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metabolizable energy

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7
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the feathers sticking out from both sides of the face otherwise called as whiskers

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muff

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8
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loss of feathers due to change in season followed by regrowth

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molting

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9
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a sickness in a bird or flock caused by the disease

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morbidity

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10
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death of birds in the flock

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mortality

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11
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a wooden or plastic egg placed in a neat to encourage chickens to lay there

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nest egg

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12
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upgraded egg

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nest run

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13
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an extremely contagious disease affecting birds including domestic poultry

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newcastle disease

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14
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breed of chicken that is raised primarily for show or exhibition

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ornamental breed

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15
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the laying of an egg

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oviposition

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16
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bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage

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dust bath

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17
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a horny cup on a cheeks upper beak that helps the chick pip through the shell

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egg tooth

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18
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fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching.

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embryo

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19
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the amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird

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finish

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20
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a group of chickens living together

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flock

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21
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domesticated bird raised for food

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fowl

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22
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viral disease in chickens and other species of poultry that causes lesions on skin and can affect respiratory tract and upper gi

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fowl pox

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23
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feathers that curl rather than lying flat

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frizzle

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24
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a tender young meat chicken also called a broiler

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fryer

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25
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crushed rock that helps break down food in the gizzard

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grit

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26
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a rooster cape feathers

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hackles

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27
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the characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather than pointed sex feather

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hen feathered

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28
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female that is a year or older

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hen

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29
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agglutination of red blood cells

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hemagglutination

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30
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the offspring of a hen and rooster of different breeds

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hybrid

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31
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period the time it takes for a bird egg to hatch

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incubation

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32
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the number of eggs a hen lays during a given time

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intensity of lay

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33
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during the hatching process when the chick breaches the membrane into the air cell of the egg

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internal pip

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34
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when a bird has some degree of resistance to a particular disease

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immune

35
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a machine that maintains the perfect temperatures to hatch an egg

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incubator

36
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an organism that lives in or on another organism from which it derives its nourishment

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parasite

37
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describes the condition that occurs when a chicks vent is covered and feces and become clogged

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pasty butt

38
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an organism capable of causing disease

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pathogen

39
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loose dropping sticking to vent area

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pasting

40
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the social rank of chickens

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peck order

41
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the ability of the hen to lay steadily over a long period of time

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persistency of lay

42
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pubic bones

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pin bones

43
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the tips of a newly emerging feathers

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pinfeathers

44
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the hole a newly formed chick makes in its shell when it is ready to hatch

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pip

45
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the total set of feathers covering a chicken

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plum age

46
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trimming of the earlobes

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prinning

47
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breed of chicken that is raised for egg production or meat production

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production breed

48
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a female chicken under 1 year old

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pullet

49
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the offspring of a hen and rooster of the same breed

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purebred

50
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the hollow horny basal part of stem of a feather

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quill

51
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any abnormal sound coming from the airways

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rales

52
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description of chickens that are allowed to graze pasture

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range fed

53
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a check; dirty,leaker and otherwise a inedible egg

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restricted egg

54
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a cockerel or pullet visually weighing 46 pounds suitable for cooking whole in an oven

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roaster

55
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a male chicken

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rooster

56
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a chicken or a group of chicken resting, likely in an elevated perch

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roosting

57
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the part of the chickens back just behind the tail

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saddle

58
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feathers in front of the jail

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saddle feathers

59
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the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the chickens shanks and toes.

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scales

60
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newlt hatched chicks that has been sorted out into pullets and cockelers.

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sexed

61
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a hackle, saddle or tail feather that is rounded in a hen but usually pointed in a rooster.

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sex feather

62
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the long, curved tail feathers of some roosters.

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sickles

63
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the sharp pointed protrusions on a rooster shanks

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spurs

64
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no longer laying well

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spent

65
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a cockerel on a brink of sexual maturity, whe his comb and spura begin to develop.

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stag

66
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young female chickens that are nearly old enough to lay

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starter pullets

67
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a feed formulation for growing chicks up to laying age or 16 weeks for hens

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starter/grower feeds

68
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a strain 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

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strain

69
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failure of chicks to eat

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starve out

70
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a hens instinctive of hiding her eggs

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steal

71
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newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed, otherwise called UNSEXED and AS HATCHED

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straight run

72
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anything which affects the birda well-being and lowers its resistance to disease.

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stress

73
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a value placed on the potency of a biological agent

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titer

74
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a cock and 2 hens or a cockerel and 2 pullets of the same breed and variety

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trio

75
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type and shape of a chicken that tell you what breed it is.

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type

76
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subdivision of a breed according to color; comb style; beard or leg feathering

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variety

77
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an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled

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vent

78
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a preparation of microorganism which when placed in the body of the bird produces or increases immunity to a certain disease.

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vaccine

79
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an animal which carries and transmits parasites to poultry such as earthworm, which carries the chicken tapeworm eggs

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vector

80
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pasting a condition where the chicks suffer from early diarrhea

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vent

81
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an organism, ultramicroscopic in size that multiplies only in living cells.

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virus

82
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flesh under the beak of the chicken that is used as a heat regulating mechanism

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wattle

83
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an opening in chikens where waste and eggs are expelled

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wry neck

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