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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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blood-spot

Meat products; Poultry

Tiny red spot in a freshly laid egg caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the hen's ovary usually during ovulation.

membrane

Meat products; Poultry

a thin, soft, pliable sheet or layer of tissue covering an organ.

bloom

Meat products; Poultry

The moist protective coating on a freshly laid egg that that helps keep bacteria out of it. It dries so fast you rarely see it; also, the peak condition of an exhibition bird.

metabolic disease

Meat products; Poultry

A Disease involving a breakdown in the body's physical or chemical processes.

blowout

Meat products; Poultry

Vent damage caused by laying on oversized egg. Also called prolapse.

metabolism

Meat products; Poultry

All the physical and chemical processes that produce and maintain a living body.

booster

Meat products; Poultry

Vaccination other than the first in a series.

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