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poultry production and managementwhat animals are poultry? - correct answer ✔✔chickens, turkeys, ducks , and geese
what is the combined gross annual income of the poultry industry? - correct answer ✔✔over $45 billion
the poultry industry is responsible for about _____ of all US farm cash receipts - correct answer ✔✔11%
poultry accounts for over _____ of animal agriculture's share of all US farm cash receipts - correct
answer ✔✔23%
the poultry industry is the _____ sector of animal agriculture - correct answer ✔✔second-largest
the poultry industry is completely _____ integrated - correct answer ✔✔vertically
what does vertically integrated mean? - correct answer ✔✔-each company owns every aspect of
production from hatch to finished product
-greatly helps to reduce production costs
poultry is the _____ animal agriculture industry in Louisiana - correct answer ✔✔largest
what are the three major segments of the poultry industry? - correct answer ✔✔-broilers
-eggs
-turkeys
define hen - correct answer ✔✔mature female chicken or turkey
define rooster - correct answer ✔✔mature male chicken
, define pullet - correct answer ✔✔young female chicken that has yet to start laying eggs
define cockerel - correct answer ✔✔young male chicken
define chick - correct answer ✔✔newborn chicken of either sex
define capon - correct answer ✔✔castrated male chicken
define tom - correct answer ✔✔male turkey
define poult - correct answer ✔✔newborn turkey of either sex
define layer - correct answer ✔✔hen in the physiological state of producing eggs regularly
define broiler - correct answer ✔✔chicken of either sex produced and used for meat purposes
the US produces _____ of the world's chicken eggs and _____ of the chicken meat - correct answer ✔✔-
8% of the world's chicken eggs
-18% of the chicken meat
What is the largest poultry meat-producing country in the world? - correct answer ✔✔the US
what is the largest chicken egg producing country in the world? Second? - correct answer ✔✔-China
-US
the US produces _____ of the world's turkey meat - correct answer ✔✔47%
who is the largest producer of turkeys in the world? - correct answer ✔✔US
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