Poultry test questions Flashcards
Nutritional research includes all aspects of improving the bird’s health and growth as well as research in what other areas?
a. Feed efficiency
b. Trace elements and their interactions
c. Gut transport of feed metabolites
d. All of the above
D
____% of turkey production occurs under a contract system, and growers are typically paid based on the number of birds produced.
a. 70
b. 95
c. 99
d. 66
B
What is the measurement is used to determine success of a hatchery?
a. Feed efficiency
b. Number of quality chicks produced
c. Miles per gallon
d. Percent of late flock mortality
C
Stored eggs are transported from the breeder farm to the hatchery at least how many times a week?
a. Once
b. Every other week
c. Never
d. Twice
D
There are three factors that influence the total incubation time of eggs, what are they?
a. Incubation temperature, age of egg, and size of egg
b. Size of egg, color of egg, and incubation temperature
c. Age of egg, Size of egg, and fertility of roosters
d. Fertility of roosters, incubation temperature, and size of eg
A
If you have identified a late dead problem in the hatchery, where should you begin your search to solve the problem?
a. High/low setter temperatures, incorrect egg turning, poor egg storage, egg contamination, faulty breeder nutrition or inadequate ventilation
b. Low temperature or humidity (day 1 to day 19), excessive egg storage time, large eggs, low hatcher temperature
c. High temperature (day 1 to day 19), small eggs
d. Temperature variation throughout incubation, excessive flock age, excessive egg handling in the first week of incubation, genetic defects
A
Bantam chickens are about _______ of the size of a large fowl?
a. One-third
b. One-quarter
c. One-fifth
d. One-eighth
C
Because of frequent egg gathering, broiler-breeder operations are ____ labor intensive than grow out operations.
a. The same
b. More
c. Less
B
What is not an example of Value added poultry items?
a. Bologna
b. Frankfurters
c. Patties
d. Whole bird
D
A 6 week old broiler chicken has how many ounces of feathers?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 6
d. 2
D
Hens with what colored earlobes lay brown shelled eggs?
a. Red
b. Green
c. White
d. Black
A
The pectoral muscles account for what % of the bird’s total weight?
a. 40% to 45%
b. 9% to 14%
c. 15% to 25%
d. 33%
C
What is a common mistake (with the hatcher) thus causing the chicks to dehydrate?
a. They are pulled too soon
b. The shells are weak
c. Chicks are green
d. They are in the hatcher too long
B
Gas exchange, temperature regulation and communication are the system functions of what system?
a. Digestive
b. Respiratory
c. Reproductive
d. Urinary
B. Respiratory
The commercial poultry industry in the United States has two overall objectives, what are they?
a. Production of table eggs
b. Production of meat
c. Raising small backyard flocks
d. Both A and B
D. Both A and B
