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Avian Bio Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

AQ Chicken

A

Arkansas Quality

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2
Q

How many types of Jungle Fowl are there?

A

4

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3
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What are the types of Jungle Fowl?

A

Red
Green
Gray
Ceylon

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4
Q

What was the first animal to be domesticated?

A

Dog

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5
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What area of the world were most animals domesticated?

A

Fertile Crescent

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6
Q

How many orders of living birds are there?

A

30

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7
Q

Chickens and turkeys belong to the ____ order.

A

Galliformes

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8
Q

Ducks and geese belong to the ____ order.

A

Anseriformes

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9
Q

What two empires helped spread the domestication of chickens?

A

Roman

Greek

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10
Q

What was the heaviest ancient bird?

A

Elephant bird

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11
Q

What was the tallest ancient bird?

A

Moa

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12
Q

What is the tallest bird today?

A

Ostrich

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13
Q

Who is the father of taxonomy?

A

Carl Linneaus

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14
Q

When was the pato duck domesticated?

A

Pre-Columbian Mexico

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15
Q

What order to pigeons belong to?

A

Columbiformes

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16
Q

What rank is Arkansas in broiler production?

A

2nd

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17
Q

What rank is Arkansas in turkey production?

A

3rd

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18
Q

What is a broiler?

A

Meat-type bird

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19
Q

What is the biggest cost in broiler production?

A

Feed

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20
Q

What are the three components of the Arkansas poultry industry?

A

Broilers
Turkeys
Eggs

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21
Q

What part of the USA is most broiler production in?

A

Southern Region

22
Q

When and where was the turkey domesticated?

A

Pre-Columbian Mexico

South west USA

23
Q

What is unique about the production of turkeys?

A

Artificial insemination

24
Q

What are two breeds of chickens that contributed to the development of modern broilers?

A

Plymouth Rock

White Cornish

25
Q

Cob

A

male swan

26
Q

Drake

A

male duck

27
Q

Pullet

A

female poultry (

28
Q

Squab

A

baby pigeon

29
Q

Cygnet

A

baby swan

30
Q

Poult

A

baby turkey

31
Q

Tom

A

male turkey

32
Q

Capon

A

castrated male chicken

33
Q

Gander

A

male goose

34
Q

In Arkansas poultry provides __ in __ agriculture jobs.

A

1 : 4

35
Q

What was the first animal domesticated for food?

A

Sheep

36
Q

What does NPIP stand for?

A

National Poultry ___ ____

37
Q

Archaeological and DNA evidence supports multiple sites for the domestication of chickens. List two sites and cultures that domesticated chickens.

A

Hahpan - Pakistan/Fertile Crescent

Cishan - China

38
Q

Who is considered to be the Father of the Arkansas Turkey industry?

A

Harold Dodgin

39
Q

What is vertical integration?

A

The company owns everything from the hatchery to production until it is sold.

40
Q

What are two major advantages/benefits of vertical integration?

A

Cuts out the middle man

41
Q

For a contract grower in a vertically integrated poultry operation, what does the farmer own or provide?

A

Labor
Housing
Disposal of dead bird

42
Q

What does the company own or provide in the vertically integrated poultry operation?

A

Medicine

Food

43
Q

What is domestication?

A

Selecting of animals and/or plants for a specific use in order to change the genotype and phenotype

44
Q

What is taming?

A

To keep animals as pets, not to change genetics.

45
Q

What are 4 criteria for domestication?

A

Availability
Easy to tame/temperament
Willingness to breed in captivity
Social hierarchy

46
Q

Table egg processing facilities require more labor than broiler or turkey processing facilities. T/F

A

False

47
Q

What were two animals whose domestication had a very significant development and had a tremendous impact on human history?

A

Cows

Horses

48
Q

Which type of housing costs more? Why?

A

Egg production

Paying for cages

49
Q

What were two diseases that were instrumental in the development of the NPIP program P/T test?

A

Salmonella ____

Salmonella ____

50
Q

Who was the Spanish conquistador who brought chickens to the Americas from Europe?

A

…

51
Q

List four Arkansas Poultry companies.

A

Tyson
Simmons
Cobb Vantress
Cargill

52
Q

What breed of chicken is typically used by the industry for commercial egg production?
Where did this breed originate?
What color egg does this bird produce?

A

White Leghorn Strain
Italy
White

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