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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the two sectors of the poultry industry?
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Meat and eggs
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What are the two sectors of the meat portion of the poultry industry?
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Broilers and turkey
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What type of chicken do white eggs come from?
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white leghorn
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What type of chicken do brown eggs come from?
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brown egg layer
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How is shell color determined?
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Glands in the uterus secrete a melanin type secretion from a pigment glad in the last hours the egg is there that coats the surface of the egg of the brown egg layers’ eggs
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Nutritionally what is the difference between a white shelled egg and a brown shelled egg?
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None
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Nutritionally what is the difference between a fertile and non-fertile egg?
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1 spermatozoa
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Why was there a drop in per-capita consumption of eggs around 1972?
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Cholesterol scare
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Pullets:
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an egg layer less then 1 yr of age
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Layers:
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egg layer over 1 year of age
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Today the ____ _______ is capable of laying an average of ___ eggs in ___ days; therefore, each hen lays about enough eggs for _ person(s) per year.
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white leghorn; 330; 365; 1
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USDA Egg Grades:
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AA, A B
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Egg grades determined with ______.
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micrometer
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______ ____ came up with the formula for egg grades using the micrometer.
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Raymond Hall
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Table Breeder companies: ________ + ________. Which is the #1 producer?
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Dekalb + Hy-line
- Hy-line is the #1 producer; made W98 (white98) |
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Egg Sizes (____ per dozen)
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ounces;
Jumbo 30 Extra Lg 27 Lg 24 Med 21 Small 18 Peewee 15 |
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Egg Breakout:
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Break eggs into egg, albumen, yolk
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Shell:
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calcium carbonate source
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In the US the diet of laying hens is based on ____ and _______ meal. What is the purpose of each?
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corn- energy; soybean- protein
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Poultry Industry Facilities New/ Old
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New: computerized, environmentally controlled, "In-line"
Old: Hand labor, truck transport, “contract farms” |
