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Poultry Vocab
Basic Vocabulary Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| albumen | the "white" of an egg's contents |
| addled egg | egg containing a broken yolk |
| Aspergillosis | disease caused by a fungus or mold present in wet or damp litter |
| clutch | nest of eggs; brood of chicks |
| comb | fleshy crest on the domestic fowl's head |
| evisceration | removal of entrails from the body cavity |
| Haugh unit | in reference to broken out eggs, a unit of measurement determined by comparing the height of the albumen with the weight of the egg |
| gizzard | muscular stomach of poultry |
| growout | to cause a bird to grow toward or arrive at maturity |
| hen | mature female chicken or turkey |
| hen day production | daily production rate of hens |
| infundibulum | abdominal opening of a fallopian tube in a female animal |
| keel bone | breast bone or sternum of the bird's body |
| litter | absorbent material used as a bedding in poultry brooding and growing operations |
| molt | to shed feathers periodically |
| myotome | cells in somites that will develop into muscles |
| oviposition | the laying of an egg by a bird |
| plumage | feathers of a bird |
| poult | young immature turkey |
| ring | brooder guard placed at ground level around the hover brooder |
| setting | placing a group of eggs in the incubator |
| straight run | as applied to hatched poultry, sold as hatched and not sexed |
| tom | a mature male turkey |
| vent | external opening of a bird's cloaca |
| yolk | the "yellow" of an egg's contents |