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