Section C Page 3-5

Question 1

Poultry Phylum:

Answer 1

Chordata

Question 2

Poultry Subphylum:

Answer 2

Vertebrata

Question 3

Poultry Class

Answer 3

Aves

Question 4

Animals in Galliformes

Answer 4

Chickens, guinea fowl, turkey, pheasant, peafowl, and bobwhite quail

Question 5

Animals in Anseeiformes

Answer 5

Duck and Geese

Question 6

Animals in Columbiformes

Answer 6

Pigeons and doves

Question 7

Chicken Binomial

Answer 7

Gallus gallus

Question 8

Turkey Binomial

Answer 8

Meleagris gallapavo

Question 9

Duck binomial

Answer 9

Anas platyrhynochos

Question 10

Geese binomial

Answer 10

Anser anser

Question 11

Guinea fowl binomial

Answer 11

Numida meleagris

Question 12

Pheasant binomial

Answer 12

Phasianus colchicus

Question 13

Poultry body temp range (farenheight and Celsius)

Answer 13

105-107 or 40.6-41.7

Question 14

Poultry pulse rate

Answer 14

300 beats/minute

Question 15

Polutry respiration rate

Answer 15

14 to 22 exchanges/minute at rest

Question 16

Poultry have a high food passage rate of ________ hours

Answer 16

2.5

Question 17

Common poultry skin colors are…

Answer 17

Yellow, white, blue, green, and black

Question 18

Fowl outer layer is called

Answer 18

Epidermis

Question 19

Fowl inner layer is called the

Answer 19

Dermis

Question 20

Yellow color of a chickens beak or skin is produced by _______ called __________

Answer 20

Caratonoiss, Xanthrophyll

Question 21

The dark or black pigment is called ______ and is produced naturally by the bird

Answer 21

Melanin

Question 22

The development of the comb and wattles are controlled by the ____ of the bird

Answer 22

Gonadal activity

Question 23

—— or ———- is the surgical removal of the comb and wattles

Answer 23

Dubing or De wattling

Question 24

Feather growth begins at approximately Day - of egg incubation

Answer 24

5

Question 25

Keratinization (yellow color) is complete - to - days before hatching.

Answer 25

2, 3

Question 26

Feathers grow from the distinct feather tracts called --------

Answer 26

Pterylae

Question 27

Pterylae cover almost --- of the skin surface.

Answer 27

75%

Question 28

In most breeds the tips of male feathers are ------- and the tips of the females are -------.

Answer 28

Pointed, rounded

Question 29

A broiler chicken has approximately -- grams (- ounces) of feathers at market age (- weeks)

Answer 29

50, 2, 6

Question 30

A comb is the…

Answer 30

Top of the head

Question 31

Wattles are the…

Answer 31

Appendages of the side of the throat

Question 32

An oil gland (---------) is located at the base of the tail head where the tail joins the baxk.

Answer 32

Uropygial

Question 33

________ is the process that a bird does to belo clean and groom its feathers. It uses the oil secreted from the oil gland.

Answer 33

Preening

Question 34

The ---------- ----- is the muscle that elevates the wing.

Answer 34

Pectoralis minor

Question 35

Low muscle activity causes a lower level of ---------.

Answer 35

Myoglobin (dark pigment)

Question 36

Birds have an upper and a lower ...

Answer 36

Larynx

Question 37

The upper larynx is called the …

Answer 37

Pharynx

Question 38

The lower larynx is called the

Answer 38

Syrinx

Question 39

The ------- is the air passage tube along the neck from the upper larynx to the lower larynx.

Answer 39

Trachea

Question 40

A chicken's trachea has --- to --- bony rings

Answer 40

100, 130

Question 41

Birds have - air sacs, - pairs and - single.

Answer 41

9, 4, 1

Question 42

Prehension does:

Answer 42

Grasping

Question 43

Mastication does:

Answer 43

Grinding

Question 44

The Crop (---------) stores and softens food

Answer 44

Ingulvies

Question 45

The glandular stomach (----------------) secretes gastric juices, which contain hydrochloric acid and the enzyme pepsin.

Answer 45

Proventrtriculus

Question 46

The muscular stomach (----------- or -------) serves as the bird's teeth.

Answer 46

Ventriculus, gizzard

Question 47

The small intestine has 3 sections. Name them all.

Answer 47

Duodenum, jejunum, ileum

Question 48

Poultry Kingdom:

Answer 48

Animalia