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| The study of poultry is called__________. |
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| Poultry Science of Poultry Biology |
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| Poultry includes_______,_______, ________,________,________, and ________. |
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| chickens, swans, ducks, turkey, quinea fowl, quail. |
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| Castrated male chickens are called______. |
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| A young turkey is called a _______. |
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| Turkeys were brought to the US and bred with wild turkeys to produce which breed? |
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| Young female chicken, less than a year old and not yet laying |
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| Where were the first hatching ovens used? |
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| There are 4 major geographical classifications of poultry. Name them and give one example of a breed in each category. |
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| Asiatic:Cochins, American:Plymoth Rock, English:Cornish, Mediterranean:Leghorns |
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| Scientific name of Chicken |
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| Scientific name of Turkey |
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| Scientific name of pigeon |
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| The top 3 broiler producing states: |
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| Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama |
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| The top 3 egg producing states: |
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| The top 3 turkey producing states: |
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| North Carolina, Missouri, Arkansas |
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| The zoological classification of poultry (chickens): |
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| Animalia, Chordata, vertebrate, avves, neonithes, gallus, domesticus |
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| Three characteristics of meat chicken: |
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| Fast growing, primarily broilers, slaughter at approx. 7 weeks |
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| Three characteristics of egg chickens: |
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| Primarily white leghorns, brown or white shelled eggs, produces approx 257 eggs/laying cycle |
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| An established group of fowl related by breeding, possessing a distinctive shape and the same general weight. |
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| Subdivision of a breed with distinctive comb type or color pattern. |
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| Breeding of two closely related individuals for several successive generations |
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| Domesticated birds raised for consumption |
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| The process in which a single company owns two or more stages in the supply chain with common management control. |
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| Founder of the Million Egg Farm. He developed and marketed a line of products including industrial incubators, sanitizers and feeders. |
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| Where did European settlers brought poultry into the US? |
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| Two changes that led to the development of the U.S. Poultry Industry: |
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| Hatcheries: Improvement in the size and capacity. Feed Efficiency: Less feed required to produce a unit of eggs or meat. |
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| Sperm formation is initiated in the |
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| Sperm is carried out of the testes by efferent ducts to the |
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| The _________ is the longest part of the male reproductive system. |
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| Development of ovarian follicles stimulated by |
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| follicle stimulating hormone |
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| If sperm is present in this section of the oviduct during egg development, fertilization will take place. |
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| In the nervous system, messages are transmitted by |
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| The _________________ connects the kidneys to the cloaca to transport waste products out of the body. |
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| Saliva contains the enzyme, ____________,which breaks down starch and glycogen. |
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| The voice of the chicken is produced in the |
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| The major contractile organ of the body |
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| Bile is secreted in the _________ and transported by ____________ into the __________. |
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| liver ,bile ducts,gall bladder |
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| Bile is important for the absorption of |
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| The _____, which is formed from an out-pouching of the esophagus, is mostly a storage organ. |
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| The ______________is located within the loop of the duodenum. |
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| The _______ are two blind pouches found at the junction of the large and small intestines and is usually filled with __________. |
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| The primary organ of digestion and absorption |
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| In the chicken, the liver converts waste products of nitrogen metabolism into |
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| The ___________ air sac is the largest in the body of the chicken. |
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| The primary reproductive organs of the female chicken are the_____and the _____, and for the male it's the _______. |
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| Two major gonadotropic hormones______________and _____________ are secreted by the _______________. |
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| Testosterone is produced in the _____________ in the testes. |
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| Chickens are said to have evolved from |
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| The chicken's skin is relatively free of secretory glands except one |
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| The __________ bones fill the marrow cavity and serves as a redily available source of calcium. |
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| Extra pair of bones that birds have that mammals don't |
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| The ____________bones connect the skeletal system to the respiratory system. |
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| Hormones are classified into two main categories according to structure |
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| protein and peptide, steroid |
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| Female reproductive system |
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| Ovary, Infundibulum, Magnum, Isthmus, uterus, vagina, vent |
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| Brain, Parathyroids, Kidney, Pancreas, Hypothalamus, Pitutitary, Thymus, Thyroid, Adrenal, Ovary |
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