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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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Poultry

edema

Meat products; Poultry

Accumulation of excessive fluid in swollen or damaged tissues.

salpingitis

Meat products; Poultry

Inflammation of the oviduct.

egg

Meat products; Poultry

The microscopic cell of the female; the true egg; the female germ cell.

scales

Meat products; Poultry

The small, hard overlapping plates on a chicken's shanks and toes.

scratch

Meat products; Poultry

A mixture of various grains. Commercial scratch usually consists of cracked corn, wheat and oats. The protein content of most scratch grains is approximately 9 to 10 percent.

egg sizing (USDA)

Meat products; Poultry

Size tells you the minimum required net weight per dozen eggs. It does not refer to the dimensions of an egg or how big it looks. While some eggs in the carton may look slightly larger or smaller ...

scratcher

Meat products; Poultry

Affectionate name given to a range-fed (free range) chicken.

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