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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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disease

Meat products; Poultry

Any departure from normal health or impairment of normal bodily functions.

disinfectant

Meat products; Poultry

Anything used to destroy disease-causing organisms.

replacements

Meat products; Poultry

Term used to describe young birds that will replace an older flock.

disqualification

Meat products; Poultry

A defect or deformity serious enough to bar a chicken from a show.

reportable disease

Meat products; Poultry

A disease so serious it must, by law, be reported to a state or federal veterinarian.

double yolker

Meat products; Poultry

egg containing two or more yolks.

reservoir of infection

Meat products; Poultry

Any animate or inanimate object on which an infectious agent survives and multiplies and from which it can be transmitted to a susceptible host.

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