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What is the term for females of all classes of poultry?

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Hen

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What is the term describing the female chicken that has not yet started to lay eggs

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Pullet

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What is the term to describe hens or pullets producing eggs?

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Layer

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What is the term to describe a breeder or commerical type egg hen that no longer performs at desrired production levels?

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Spent hen

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What is the term to describe a sexually mature intact male before 6 months of age?

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Cock

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What is the term describing a male chicken usually kept for breeding?

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Rooster

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What is the term describing a male chicken under 10 months of age that shows developing sex characteristics between that of a roaster and a rooster?

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Stag

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What is the term describing young chickens less than 12 weeks of age, ready to eat at 6lbs and are raised for meat?

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Broiler/Fryer

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What is the term used describe heavy young chickens less than 12 weeks of age with live weights heavier than 7 pounds and are raised for meat?

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Roaster

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What is the term used to describe a neutered male chicken produced for the specialty and holiday meat markets and are less than 8 months old?

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Capon

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What are the 5 general segments of the poultry industry?

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Foundation breeders
Hatcheries
Grow out operations
Egg production
Broiler production
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What does the term “poultry” refer to?

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Chickens, Turkeys, ducks and geese

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What stimulates hens to lay eggs?

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Light

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Which poultry industry raises stock for hatcheries and develops new genetic lines?

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Foundation Breeders

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Which poultry industry hatches eggs and raises them to see new stock to other industries?

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Hatcheries

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Which part of the poultry industry raises chicks until they are ready to enter the egg or broiler production?

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Grow out operations

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Which part of the poultry industry raises eggs?

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Egg production

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Which part of the poultry industry raises meat?

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Broiler production

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How long do chickens need to sit on the eggs?

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21 days

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How long do turkeys need to sit on their eggs?

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28 days

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What term describes the the touching of both the male and female cloaca?

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The “Cloacal kiss”

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What are the five factors that play a role in hatchability in the process of incubation?

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time, temperature, humidity, positioning, and ventilation.

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What produces follicles and the egg yolk?

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Ovary

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What portion of the oviduct is the site of fertilization?

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Infundibulum

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What is the continuation of the oviduct and contains albumin and the eg white?
Magnum
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What is the continuation of the oviduct and is the tough outer membrane?
Isthmus
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Where is the shell gland or the egg shell applied?
Uterus
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What is the temperature the eggs should be incubated at?
99 to 103 degree F
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How often are eggs in commercial industry turned per day?
3-5 times
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What involves using a 75 watt bulb to create shadows within the egg shell which allow for its contents to be visualized?
Candeling
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How long do chicks need to stay in the incubator?
Until 95-97% of the chicks are dry
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What is the ideal temperature chicks are kept in at the day of birth and how often is it decreased?
90-95 degrees | Decreases 5 degrees each day until 6-8 weeks of age
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When is food provided to chicks?
Within 12 hours of hatching
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What is the ideal lighting chicks are kept in?
23 hours a day with 1 hour of darkness for the first few days
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What makes up 50-80% of poultry diets?
Grain
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What are the required minerals that need to be provided to chickens?
``` Calcium Phosphorous Manganese Iodine Sodium Chlorine Zinc ```
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What is the % of calcium laying hens required?
3.4% of the ration
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How do laying hens get calcium?
Oyster shells and limestone supplementation
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What are the required vitamins that need to be provided to chickens?
``` A D3 E K Riboflavin B12 Niacin Pantothenic acid Choline ```
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What is added to the diet to help with grinding of food in the gizzard?
Grit
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What are the locations used for blood sampling?
Brachial wing vein | Jugular vein
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Where is the brahial wing vein located?
Between the biceps and triceps
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What side of the jugular vein is often bigger and easier to obtain a sample?
Right jugular vein
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What blood sampling site is utilized only when large volumes are required?
Cardiac stick
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Does the bird need to be under general anesthesia to perform a cardiac stick?
Yes
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What are the two types of feces found in poultry?
Enteric and Cecal
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What type of feces is a brown or fawn colored with a white urate cap and is evacuated 12-16 times a day?
Enteric
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What type of feces is dark brown in color, semi liquid, occurs twice a day and should not be confuse with diarrhea?
Cecal
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What are the different methods used to give oral medications to poultry?
Add to the food or water | Tube or gavage feeding
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What are alternative ways to give oral medications to poultry?
Tube feeding or gavage feedings
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Where are SQ injections given in poultry?
Over the back of the neck
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Where are IM injections given in poultry?
In the breast muscle or leg muscle
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When giving IM injections in the leg, extreme caution should be used to avoid what?
Nerves Tendons Ligaments Inserting the needle can result in lameness or paralysis
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Where are breast IM injections given?
The cranial level of the keel is about 2 to 3 cm on either side of the keel
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What part of the keel needs to be avoided for IM injections because it can go into the organs and death may result
The caudal end
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What injection is used for euthanasia and fluid administration?
Intraperitoneal injections
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What injection site is used for euthanasia and insertion is the cranial end of the keel between the two ribs
Intrathoracic ribs
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Where can IV injections and IV catheterization be performed?
Jugular vein | The tarsometatarsal vein in the leg
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What is used for identification?
Leg bands Wing banding Wing badges
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What are the 5 basic procedures routinely performed when processing poultry?
Grading, sexing, toe-trimming, desnooding, and beak trimming
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What is used to assess the quality of the chicks, is subjective, and allows hatcheries to provide quality chickens?
Grading
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Grading is used to assess the quality of the chicks, is subjective, and allows hatcheries to provide quality chickens. What are chicks graded on?
Activity, down appearance, yolk retraction, eyes, legs, naval, remaining membrane, remaining yolk
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How are chickens sexed?
Looking at the feathers | The relationship between the coverts (upper layer of feathers) and the primaries (lower layer of the feathers)
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How are turkeys sexed?
Looking at the vent
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What is the removal of the snood or dewbill to prevent head injuries during picking and fighting?
Desnooding
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What is performed to reduce damage caused by cannibalism, feather pecking, and vent pecking?
Beak trimming
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What type of chickens do not have their beaks routinely trimmed?
Broilers
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How long should the beak be after trimming?
2 to 3 mm
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What are vaccination techniques used for poultry?
``` Drinking water --> most common Spray Eye drop Injection Wing Web ```
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What are the methods of euthanasia used in poultry?
Dislocation of the neck (small to medium birds) Injection (pentobarbital) Inhalation (chloroform)
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What is best performed between 6 weeks and 3 months?
Caponization
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What are the risks associated with caponization?
The caudal vena cava and aorta are close | Inadvertent destruction of an air sac
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What disease of poultry is a member of the retroviridae viral family
Avian Leukosis
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What does Avian Leukosis cause?
Erythroid, lymphoid and myeloid leucosis
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What is also known as Lymphoid leukosis?
Avian Leukosis
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What is a herpesvirus and is not a subset of Avian Leukosis?
Marek's Disease
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What does Marek's disease cause?
Lameness or paralysis Gastrointestinal signs Lymphoma
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What is a Gram-negative coccoid that causes nasal and ocular, discharge, conjunctivitis, anorexia, ruffled feathers, trembling and ataxia?
Chlamydophilia psittaci
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Is Chlamydophilia psittaci zoonotic?
Yes
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What Gram-negative bacillus causes depression, ruffled feathers, drooping wings, diarrhea, and septicemia?
Salmonella enterica
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Is Salmonella enterica zoonotic?
Yes
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What causes nasal discharge, conjunctivitis, sneezing, sinusitis, open-beak breathing, ocular discharge, septicemia and sudden death?
Mycoplasmosis
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What species of Mycoplasmosis is most likely to cause clinical symptoms in poultry?
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Mycoplasma synoviae Mycoplasma meleagridis Mycoplasma iowae
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What is a member of the Birnaviridae virus family and causes depression, anorexia, diarrhea, and sudden death?
Infectious Bursal Disease
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What is a herpesvirus that causes coughing, bloody beaks, difficulty breathing, gasping, nasal and ocular discharge?
Infectious Laryngotracheitis
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What disease is also known as Gumboro disease?
Infectious Bursal Disease
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What family of coccidians causes hemorrhagic diarrhea in poultry?
Eimeriidae
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What dewormers are used in poultry?
Amprolium Sulfonamides Sulfaquinoxaline

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