Poultry Industry Flashcards
What does poultry include
Birds for food consumption
Birds as pets
Game
Birds for eggs
When did battery cages get banned
15 years ago
Why have poultry meat and eggs expanded in industry
Meat - tolerated by most religions, cheaper, easily flavoured, minimal zoonoses.
Eggs - tolerated by most cultures, multiple uses, highly nutritious
What does FCR mean
Food conversion ration
Why are poultry popular
Easy management, suitable for backyard small holders and commercial intensive farming, single hen many offspring
How large is the percentage of free range eggs
65%
What type of industry is poultry
Top down industry - top = pure breeds selected for meat purpose or egg production
To be commercial meat birds or commercial egg layers
Layer chicks from from parent layer stock
Meat birds come from parent layer stock
What at the two sectors of poultry breeding
Integrated - all under the control of one company
Independent each sub sector independent from each other
What genetic important have been made for poultry
Increased growing speed however started to reverse slightly to improve welfare
What technologies can we use for breeding purpose
X-ray growth plates, O2 saturation in blood, selection against disease
What improvements have we made to poultry welfare
Housings - ventilation heating feeders drinkers structure
Feed - formulations enzymes physical form bacterial quality FCR
Vaccination - new vaccines new delivery systems
Processing - faster less waste fewer manual steps
Marketing - new high tech products
How much should you feed a chicken for one egg per day
120g/bird/day
What are the involvement of vets in poultry
Knowledge of current disease
New management techniques
New vaccines are essential
What are poultry sub sectors
Free range - barn or grass land
Organic farming
Backyard farming allowed 50 without interference off DEFRA
Pet poultry
What would a poultry consult consist of
Health
Performance
Welfare
Bio security
Food hygiene
Enforcement
