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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

bantam standard

Meat products; Poultry

Book published by the American Bantam Association describing each of the bantam breeds recognized by that organization.

layer ration

Meat products; Poultry

Any prepared feed containing all nutrients necessary for a layer to produce good quality eggs. This is available in mash, crumbles or pellets.

zoonosis

Meat products; Poultry

A disease transmissible from a chicken (or other animal) to a human (plural: zoonoses).

inbred

Meat products; Poultry

The offspring of closely related parents; resulting from inbreeding.

vehicle

Meat products; Poultry

Anything that mechanically carries disease organisms from one place to another (examples: clothing, equipment, dust).

bantie

Meat products; Poultry

another (affectionate) name for Bantam.

leaker

Meat products; Poultry

An egg that leaks because the shell and membrane are both broken.

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