glossary term III Flashcards
the invasion of a pathogen into susceptible tissue resulting in disease
infection
a disease produced by the invasion of living microscopic organisms
infectious disease
keeping poultry in areas separate from the 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
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
mortality
a wooden or plastic egg placed in a neat to encourage chickens to lay there
nest egg
upgraded egg
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
bathing in dirt or other substances to help remove external parasites and groom plumage
dust bath
a horny cup on a cheeks upper beak that helps the chick pip through the shell
egg tooth
fertilized egg at any stage of development prior to hatching.
embryo
the amount of fat beneath the skin of a meat bird
finish
a group of chickens living together
flock
domesticated bird raised for food
fowl
viral disease in chickens and other species of poultry that causes lesions on skin and can affect respiratory tract and upper gi
fowl pox
feathers that curl rather than lying flat
frizzle
a tender young meat chicken also called a broiler
fryer
crushed rock that helps break down 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 hen and 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
intensity of lay
during the hatching process when the chick breaches the membrane into the air cell of the egg
internal pip
when a bird has some degree of resistance to a particular disease
immune
a machine that maintains the perfect temperatures to hatch an egg
incubator
an organism that lives in or on another organism from which it derives its nourishment
parasite
describes the condition that occurs when a chicks vent is covered and feces and become 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
pin bones
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
plum age
trimming of the earlobes
prinning
breed of chicken that is raised for egg production or meat production
production breed
a female chicken under 1 year old
pullet
the offspring of a hen and 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 and otherwise a inedible egg
restricted egg
a cockerel or pullet visually weighing 46 pounds suitable for cooking whole in an oven
roaster
a male chicken
rooster
a chicken or a group of chicken resting, likely in an elevated perch
roosting
the part of the chickens back just behind the tail
saddle
feathers in front of the jail
saddle feathers
the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the chickens shanks and toes.
scales
newlt hatched chicks that has been sorted out into pullets and cockelers.
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, whe his comb and spura 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
starter/grower feeds
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
strain
failure of chicks to eat
starve out
a hens instinctive of hiding her eggs
steal
newly hatched chicks that have not been sexed, otherwise called UNSEXED and AS HATCHED
straight run
anything which affects the birda well-being and lowers its resistance to disease.
stress
a value placed on the potency of a biological agent
titer
a cock and 2 hens or a cockerel and 2 pullets of the same breed and variety
trio
type and 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
variety
an opening in chickens where waste and eggs are expelled
vent
a preparation of microorganism which when placed in the body of the bird produces or increases immunity to a certain disease.
vaccine
an animal which carries and transmits parasites to poultry such as earthworm, which carries the chicken tapeworm eggs
vector
pasting a condition where the chicks suffer from early diarrhea
vent
an organism, ultramicroscopic in size that multiplies only in living cells.
virus
flesh under the beak of the chicken that is used as a heat regulating mechanism
wattle
an opening in chikens where waste and eggs are expelled
wry neck
