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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

avian pox

Meat products; Poultry

A viral disease of Poultry - varieties: wet or dry (also called Fowl Pox or Pox)

irradiation

Meat products; Poultry

Exposure to radiation. Meat is sometimes irradiated to kill micro-organisms and reduce the number of microbes present due to unsanitary practices, but this process alters the nutritional quality and ...

wattles

Meat products; Poultry

The fleshy, red growths that hang from the side and base of the chicken's beak.

uremia

Meat products; Poultry

Poisoning caused by accumulated wastes in the body, usually due to kidney failure.

aviculture

Meat products; Poultry

The science of raising avian species.

isthmus

Meat products; Poultry

The section of the oviduct next to the magnum where the water and mineral salts are deposited and the inner and outer shell membranes are formed.

wet-bulb thermometer

Meat products; Poultry

a device used to measure the amount of moisture or water vapor in the air.

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