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| Study of poultry and the methods and technology of poultry production |
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| 4 Scientific disciplines of poultry |
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| Anatomy, physiology, genetics, nutrition |
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| Birds bred in captivity to create products of value to humans; mostly domesticated, commercial |
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| birds of the orders Galliformes and Anseriformes that are considered food or game animals (chickens, chicken-like birds, large bodied birds) |
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| Modern bird kingdom, phylum, class |
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| free living and unaltered by humans |
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| wild animal held in captivity that has become habituated to humans |
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| species that has been genetically altered through selective breeding to suit a human need |
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| domestic animal that has escaped captivity and is free living |
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| Requirements for domestication (4) |
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| Tolerate humans, breed in captivity, thrive in confinement, provide a benefit to humans |
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| Where/when chickens originally domesticated |
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| 4 factors affecting spread of chickens |
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| military conquest, cockfights, religion, artificial incubation |
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| Ancestor of the modern chicken |
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| Jungle fowl/gallus gallus --> |
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| When were turkeys domesticated? |
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| Who domesticated turkeys? |
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| When did turkeys become a major food source |
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| breeds of chickens originating in the same geographic area |
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| chickens with specific physical characteristics that are passed on to offspring |
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| subdivision of breed such as by color, comb shape, etc |
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| Four common classes of chicken |
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| (Based on origin) Mediterranean, English, American, Asiatic |
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| Commercial classes of chickens (3) |
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| Broiler (meat), layer (table eggs), dual purpose (meat and eggs) |
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| White "earlobe", foundation of the modern commercial egg industry, white egg |
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| Mediterranean class breed |
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| Mediterranean class variety (2) |
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| White skin red earlobe, brown egg |
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| Cornish, Orpington, Australorp |
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| English class variety (2) |
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| White Cornish, Buff Orpington |
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| yellow skin red earlobes, brown eggs |
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| American class breeds (3) |
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| Plymouth rocks, Rhode Island, New Hampshires |
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| Feathers on shanks, brown eggs |
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| Leghorn, cross with NH and Plymouth Rock |
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| White Cornish crossed with white Plymouth Rock, variations that allow feather sexing |
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| no longer commercially importnat, NH, RI Red, Plymouth, Dominque |
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