Poultry

Question 1

what is a leghorn

Answer 1

table egg production bird

Question 2

what are the charicteristics of a rock cornish game hen

Answer 2

they weigh 1kg, always female, amd are 20-25 days when processed, whole

Question 3

what are the charicteristics of a broiler

Answer 3

main meat bird, 1.7-4 kg, 30-50 days when processed, F/M, whole, cut up, further processes

Question 4

what are the characteristics of a roaster

Answer 4

3-4kg, 49-58 days, M/F, whole

Question 5

what is a pullet

Answer 5

female egg bird prior to sexual maturity

Question 6

what is a hen

Answer 6

female layer after sexual maturity

Question 7

why are comercial turkeys white

Answer 7

because brown fethers pores leak color and people think its a disease

Question 8

what is a poult

Answer 8

newly hatched turkey

Question 9

what is a broiler turkey

Answer 9

<5kg

Question 10

what is a light hen turkey

Answer 10

5-7kg

Question 11

what is a heavy hen turkey

Answer 11

7-9kg

Question 12

what is a light tom turkey

Answer 12

9-11kg

Question 13

what is a heavy tom turkey

Answer 13

> 11kg
-usually processed ground turkey

Question 14

what is another word for pigon

Answer 14

squab

Question 15

what is a unique thing to pigons

Answer 15

they need there mother to live with them

Question 16

what are the stages of life for all poultry

Answer 16

-brooding, time of life when supplemental heat is required
-rearing, between brooding and reaching of sexual maturity
-reporductive stage (not for meat turkeys and broilers), birds have reached sexual maturity

Question 17

what is the consumption of fish trend

Answer 17

it is a flat line

Question 18

what is the consumption of pork trend

Answer 18

down

Question 19

what is the consumption of beef trend

Answer 19

down

Question 20

what is the consumption of dozen eggs trend

Answer 20

down then up

Question 21

what is the consumption of chicken trend

Answer 21

going up

Question 22

what are some features of the back yard poultry industry

Answer 22

-not apart of commercial industry
-heritage breeds or commercial poultry
-number of farmyards wth poultry reduced

Question 23

what does the commercial poultry industry excel at

Answer 23

-intensification (highly automated, new technology adapted)
-economies of scale
-disease control
-precise nutrition

Question 24

what kind of market is poultry on in canada

Answer 24

-market supply management system
-quota only

Question 25

what are some pros to a poultry quota system

Answer 25

-supply our country with exactly when we need -allows family farms to remain -steady income for producers -no major surpluses or shortages for consumers

Question 26

what are some cons to a poultry quota system

Answer 26

-must purchase quota to allow for commercial production -product more expensive -difficult to get into

Question 27

what is vertical integration

Answer 27

in the usa most of all the steps in production are owned by large company

Question 28

what are the breeding programs like in the poultry indistry

Answer 28

-genetics are controlled by primary breeder groups -provide all the genetics for birds all over the world -virtually imposible to create your own bird species -genetics come form 2 chickens (called primary breeder gorups)

Question 29

what is the role of primary breeder groups

Answer 29

-genetic section -technical assistance for all producers -multiplication of stock -hybrid vigour

Question 30

what is hybrid vigour

Answer 30

when you take 2 purebreds and put them together and their offsping grows better

Question 31

how many primary breeders are there in the world for broilers, turkeys, laying hens

Answer 31

2,2,4

Question 32

what kind of crosses are all comercial birds

Answer 32

4 way crosses

Question 33

what does patened DNA mean

Answer 33

the exclusive rights to a specific sequence of DNA (a gene) given by a government to the individual, organization, or corporation who claims to have first identified the gene

Question 34

what are the primary breeders for broilers

Answer 34

aviagen (ross, arbor acres) cobb

Question 35

what are the primary breeders for turkeys

Answer 35

-hybrid -aviagen

Question 36

what is the primary breeders for egg production

Answer 36

-merial -hyline -lohman -bovan