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Poultry
Poultry is a category of domestic birds kept and raised for the purpose of collecting eggs or killing and using their meat.
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Meat products; Poultry
Any condition involving chronic infection of skull membranes, characterized by facial swelling.
dust or dust bath
Meat products; Poultry
The habit chickens have of thrashing around in soft soil to clean their feathers and discourage body parasites.
earlobes
Meat products; Poultry
The fleshy patch of bare skin below the ears varying in size and shape with the color red, white, blue, or purple, according to the breed.
saddle feathers
Meat products; Poultry
'sex feathers' on a chicken's saddle. The ends are pointed in males and rounded in females.
salmonella
Meat products; Poultry
A type of bacteria that causes food poisoning and is commonly found in meat and animal waste, particularly poultry.
