Species, Breeds, and Utilization Flashcards
define poultry
- domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat
- domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
- flesh of chicken or turkey or ducks or geese raised for food
- a domesticated bird rendering economic service to man
theories of evolution
- divine theory
- synthetic theory
jungle fowls that contributed to the genetics of modern-day chicken:
- Gallus gallus / Red Jungle Fowl
- Gallus lafayetti / Ceylonese Jungle Fowl
- Gallus sonneratii / Grey Jungle Fowl
- Gallus varius / Green Jungle Fowl
changes in characteristics of species, breeds and varieties are brought about by the following:
- genetic mutation
- selection
- natural selection
- artificial selection
- crossbreeding
poultry
kingdom:
phylum:
class:
kingdom: animalia
phylum: chordata
class: aves
scientific name for chicken
Gallus gallus
scientific name for quail
Coturnix coturnix
scientific name for turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
scientific name for peafowk
Pavo cristatus
scientific name for pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
poultry with Galliformes order
- chicken
- quail
- turkey
- peafowl
- pheasant
- guinea fowl
poultry with anseriformes order
- mallard duck
- swan
- goose
- muscovy duck
scientific name for mallard duck
Anas platyrhynchos
scientific name for swan
Olor coumbianus
scientific name for goose
Cygnopsis cygnoides
scientific name for muscovy duck
Cairina moschata
only mallard ducks have caruncles
true or false
true
drake feather is absent in mallard ducks
true or false
false; it is present in mallard male
size of male muscovy is about 20% higher than female
true or false
false; that’s for mallard
size of male muscovy is about __x the size of female
2x
mallard ducks’ sound
male:
female:
hissing/quacking
male: hissing
female: quacking
most important poulty species in PH are chicken, duck, and quial
true or false
true
american class breeds
Plymouth Rock, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, New Hampshire, and Lancaster
asiatic class breeds
Brahma, Cochin, Langshan, Cantonese, and Nagoya
mediterranean class birds
ancona, leghorn, minorca
english class birds
Dorkings, Australorps, Cornish, Orpington
breeds of chicken based on egg utilization
Leghorn, Minorcas, Ancornas, Mikawa, Lohmann
breeds of chicken based on meat utilization
Brahmas, Cochin, Langshans, Cornish, White Rocks, Cobb, Ross Hubbard
breeds of chicken based on general purpose utilization
*** medium sized good layers, more active as meat class
New Hampshire, Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Lancaster, Nagoya, Cantonese
breeds of chicken based on fancy utilization
Frizel, Bantams, Long tailes
breeds of chicken based on game type utilization
Ruble, Hulsay, Claret, Oasis, Assel
Darap chickens are from Batangas
true or false
false; they’re from Panay Islands
Banaba chickens are from _______
Batangas
Paraoakan:____________
__________: Zamboanga Peninsula
Paraoakan: Palawan
Zampen: Zamboanga Peninsula
ducks in Ph are raised mostly for meat
true or false
false; they’re raise for eggs
classification of duck breeds based on body size
- HEAVY – Pekin, Muscovy, Rouen, Aylesbury
- MEDIUM – Cayuga, Crested, Swedish, Buff
- LIGHT – Runner, Campbell, Magpir, Welsh Harlequin
- BANTAM – Mallard, Cali, East Indies
classification of duck breeds based on utilization
- EGG-TYPE – Mallard, Khaki Campbell, Indian Runner
- MEAT-TYPE – Muscovy, Pekin, Aylesburry Rouen
- ORNAMENTAL – Crested White, Black East Indies
IP-Itim and IP-Khaki were developed as purelines to produce a hybrid called ____________ producing eggs for balut and salted egg products.
IP-Kayumanggi
