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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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attenuated

Meat products; Poultry

Weakened so as not to produce disease but still induce immunity when used as a vaccine (said of viruses).

intensity of lay

Meat products; Poultry

The number of eggs a hen lays in a given time.

vitamin

Meat products; Poultry

a fat- or water-soluble substance necessary, in very small amounts, for normal growth and maintenance of life. Solution added to poultry water or sprinkled over feed.

helminth

Meat products; Poultry

A category of parasitic worm.

avian

Meat products; Poultry

Of, relating to, or characteristic of birds; derived from birds.

intramuscular (IM)

Meat products; Poultry

Placement of an injection into muscle tissue.

vitelline membrane

Meat products; Poultry

Thin membrane that encloses the ovum.

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