Section C Page 3-5 Flashcards
Poultry Phylum:
Chordata
Poultry Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Poultry Class
Aves
Animals in Galliformes
Chickens, guinea fowl, turkey, pheasant, peafowl, and bobwhite quail
Animals in Anseeiformes
Duck and Geese
Animals in Columbiformes
Pigeons and doves
Chicken Binomial
Gallus gallus
Turkey Binomial
Meleagris gallapavo
Duck binomial
Anas platyrhynochos
Geese binomial
Anser anser
Guinea fowl binomial
Numida meleagris
Pheasant binomial
Phasianus colchicus
Poultry body temp range (farenheight and Celsius)
105-107 or 40.6-41.7
Poultry pulse rate
300 beats/minute
Polutry respiration rate
14 to 22 exchanges/minute at rest
Poultry have a high food passage rate of ________ hours
2.5
Common poultry skin colors are…
Yellow, white, blue, green, and black
Fowl outer layer is called
Epidermis
Fowl inner layer is called the
Dermis