Unit 9 Flashcards
(18 cards)
T or F? Layer breeds tend to be small bodied and put more nutrients toward egg production.
True
_______ crossed with White Plymouth Rocks are commercially the most widely used meat birds in America.
White Cornish
Rhode Island Red
White Leghorn
Broad Breasted White
White Cornish
T or F? Hormones are used to produce the meat breeds of chickens and turkeys.
False
Place the eight steps in the vertical integration structure in order from first to last.
Breeders
Feed Mill
Further Processing
Growout Farms
Hatchery
Primary Breeders
Processing Plants
Transportation & Marketing
Primary Breeders
Feed Mill
Breeders
Hatchery
Growout Farms
Processing Plants
Further Processing
Transportation & Marketing
On a label A or AA is a ______ grade.
quality
bad
size
cooking
quality
T or F? Meat breeds are hybrid varieties developed for specific characteristics.
True
Evisceration is one of the steps in poultry _______.
grading
processing
packaging
selection
processing
T or F? Labels on poultry products contain a “killed on” date as part of the government regulations.
False
T or F? Broad Breasted White is commercially the most widely used breed of domesticated turkey.
True
Place the steps of Poultry Processing in order from start to finish:
Bleeding
Chilling
Cut-Up and deboning
Evisceration
Pickling
Removal of feed, head, neck, and oil glands
Scalding
Shackling
Stunning
Washing the Carcass
Place the steps of Poultry Processing in order from start to finish:
Shackling
Stunning
Bleeding
Scalding
Picking
Removal of feed, head, neck, and oil glands
Evisceration
Washing the Carcass
Chilling
Cut-Up and deboning
White ___________ are very good layers of white eggs
Leghorns
Removal of the internal organs
Evisceration
Loosens the feathers during processing to facilitate their removal
scalding
________Island Red hens lay brown eggs and are part of the American class.
Rhode
A specialized facility designed to hatch fertile eggs received from breeder farms
hatchery
When the birds are hung for a processing line
shackling
The Broad ____________ White is the most widely-used breed if domesticated turkey.
Breasted
____________ integration within the poultry industry gives producers greater control over the quality of products
Vertical
