Test #2

Question 1

A typical egg laying operation strives to produce one dozen table eggs for every___pounds of feed.

Answer 1

3-3.5

Question 2

Broiler breeder pullet and cockerel farms raise birds from one day old to______weeks of age.

Answer 2

20

Question 3

___% of all broiler production occurs under a contract system

Answer 3

99%

Question 4

A typical broiler farm consists of 1-6 houses in which_____flocks are raised annually.

Answer 4

5-7

Question 5

A typical turkey grow out operation grows out ____birds

Answer 5

16-18000

Question 6

A turkey tom is marketed at 21 weeks of age and usually weighs___pounds.

Answer 6

40

Question 7

_________is the supplying of producers with services and materials necessary for production, including the processing and marketing of products to meet the consumers needs.

Answer 7

Agribusiness

Question 8

Pigeons and doves belong to the order_______

Answer 8

Columbiforms

Question 9

Poultry have a pulse rate of___ Beats per minute

Answer 9

300

Question 10

The outer layer of a fowls skin is called the_________

Answer 10

Epidermis

Question 11

____ is the surgical removal of the comb

Answer 11

Dubbing

Question 12

Pterylae cover almost____% of the skin surface

Answer 12

85

Question 13

_____ is the process that a bird does take help clean and groom its feathers

Answer 13

Preening

Question 14

The________elevates the wing

Answer 14

Pectoralis minor

Question 15

The upper larynx is called the______

Answer 15

Pharynx

Question 16

A chickens trachea has______bony rings

Answer 16

100-130

Question 17

The________ secretes gastric juices which contain hydrochloric acid and the enzyme pepsin

Answer 17

Proventriculus

Question 18

The________ helps with the breakdown of the more resistant cell wall materials due to the presence of anaerobic bacteria

Answer 18

Cecum

Question 19

The egg production factory of a chicken is called the________

Answer 19

Oviduct

Question 20

Sperm is carried from the testes by the____________

Answer 20

Vas deferens

Question 21

The________ regulates the release of hormones from the pituitary gland

Answer 21

Hypothalamus

Question 22

Chickens are more sensitive to the__________ portion of the light spectrum

Answer 22

Red

Question 23

The site for fertilization in a fertile egg, if sperm if present, is called the____________

Answer 23

Blastoderm

Question 24

All of the parts of the check or developed and in place by day______of development

Answer 24

10

Question 25

He must have the proper amounts of about_____ different nutrients for the embryo

Answer 25

40

Question 26

__________immunity is immunity that is passed from the mother to the offspring

Answer 26

Passive

Question 27

Which of the following Is not a viral disease
A. Fowl pox
B. Mareks
C. Pullorum
D. Leukosis

Answer 27

C. Pullorum

Question 28

Rickets is a leg disorder that affects the bones and is caused by a deficiency of______

Answer 28

Vitamin d

Question 29

________ of the ammonia nitrogen may be lost from broiler litter stored and a roof structure

Answer 29

10%

Question 30

The temperature of a proper compost pile can reach_______

Answer 30

170*