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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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pip
Meat products; Poultry
A chick makes a hole in the egg shell (at approximately the 21st day) through which it breathes when struggling to get out. This is called pipping.
coccidiosis
Meat products; Poultry
A parasitic protozoal infection, usually occurring in damp, unclean housing.
pituitary gland
Meat products; Poultry
A small kidney-shaped gland located at the base of the brain that produces hormones involved in sexual maturity, the maturation and release of yolks, and egg laying.
coccidiostat
Meat products; Poultry
A drug used to keep chickens from getting Coccidiosis. ie: Amprolium.
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