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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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incubation period
Meat products; Poultry
The time it takes for an egg to hatch; also, the time it takes from exposure to a disease causing agent until the first symptom appears.
beak
Meat products; Poultry
The bird's bill; the hard protruding mouth part of a bird consisting of an upper part and a lower part; upper and lower mandibles.
loose eggs
Meat products; Poultry
Eggs packed in trays, flats, or non-carton containers that have not been sized and candled for quality.
air cell
Meat products; Poultry
The air space between the two shell membranes, usually at the large end of the egg, that can be plainly seen when an egg is candled.
