Poultry

Question 1

Notifiable poultry diseases

Answer 1

Avian influenza:
Vaccination

Newcastle disease:
Zoonotic
Report cases
Vaccination

Salmonella:
Elimination of +cases

Escherichia coli:
vaccination

Question 2

Abnormal poultry behaviours

Answer 2

Feather pecking
Cannibalism
Loss of hierarchy

Question 3

Broiler chicken management

Answer 3

Selected for fast growing, higher meat yield and low feed conversion

Slaughtered before they reach sexual maturity

Feed and temp conditions are different to layers, basic husbandry, biosecurity and hygiene remain the same

Question 4

Layer chicken management

Answer 4

21 degrees is optimum egg production

Lighting for breeding -

Controlled intensive:
Short days until puberty
Long days stimulates and maintains ovulation

Free range:
Natural photoperiod -> lower ovulation rate

Question 5

Prevention of feather plucking and cannabalism

Answer 5

Beak trimming on one day old chicks

Question 6

Prevention of feather plucking and cannabalism

Answer 6

Beak trimming on one day old chicks

Question 7

Saleable products and the factors that affect them

Answer 7

Increasing price:
Fresh whole
Fresh whole free range
Fresh whole organic
Skinless breasts
Skinless breasts, free range
Skinless breasts, organic

Eggs:
Colour
Shell thickness/strength
Yolk colour
Size
quality

Question 8

Organisations and legislations

Answer 8

British poultry council:
Trade association for the poultry meat industry – info, research and codes of practice

The poultry club:
Safeguarding of pure breeds

British egg information service

National farmers union

Welfare of livestock regulation 1982:
Prohibits operations with the aim of impeding flight or reducing vision

Animal welfare act 2006

Animal heath act 1981