GLOSSARY

Airsacculitis All-in, All-out Breeders Broiler Brooder Broody Bursa of Fabricius

An inflammation of the air sacs. Obtain all chicks or poults at one time, preferably from a single source and hatch. Start all the birds together and never add any birds to the flock. Poultry selected and managed specifically to produce eggs for hatching. A young chicken of a size and breed suitable for broiling, usually weighing 1-52 lb. Also called fryer. A shelter or hover, usually heated, for young fowl. Ready to brood; said of hens showing a strong inclination to sit on a nest. An epithelial outgrowth of the cloaca in poultry that is the primary site of B-cell production. It regresses with age and is usually a vestigial organ in mature birds. The process of examining an egg in front of a strong beam of light to determine quality, fertility, etc. A castrated rooster. The castration of a rooster. The fleshy, unfeathered area of skin on the upper neck of a turkey. Blind pouch. Poultry have paired ceca, which are attached to the large intestine near its junction with the small intestine. A young chicken. A young rooster (cock). A red fleshy outgrowth on the top of the head of certain fowl. There are a number of types (e.g., single comb, rose comb). The practice of raising poultry indoors. Meat-type chickens, often pullets, grown to no more than 2 pounds dressed The practice of trimming the beak to prevent or reduce cannibalism. The term should be replaced by "beak trimming". A male duck. A rounded, sometimes-pigmented area of skin near the external ear canal of The practice of submerging eggs, under certain conditions of time and temperature, in solution of antibiotics. The purpose is to reduce or eliminate certain micro organisms within the egg. For the same reason, fertile eggs may be heated or inoculated with antibiotics.

Candling Capon Caponization Caruncle Cecum Chick Cockerel Comb Confinement Rearing Cornish weight. Debeaking Drake Ear lobe chickens. Egg dipping

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GLOSSARY Gander Gizzard Hatchability Hatcher Hen Incubation Incubation period Layer Meat birds Molting Parental immunity Potentiation A male goose. Ventriculus. A muscular enlargement of the alimentary canal in birds for grinding material entering from the proventriculus. Refers to the number of eggs, in a fertile set, that hatch successfully. Also, may refer to the number of eggs that hatch of the total number of eggs set. A piece of equipment for hatching eggs. The female chicken and certain other female birds. The process of hatching chicks, by artificial means, usually in closely controlled sanitation and climatic conditions. The time required for hatching of fertile eggs. A common breed of chicken developed for egg laying. In the United States most layers are white leghorns. See broiler, cornish, and roaster. The process of shedding and replacing the feathers. Chickens can be "force molted" by manipulating the diet and light. Immunity obtained through antibodies passed to the chick through absorption of yolk material. The process of increasing the activity of certain antibiotics. This is accomplished by combining two drugs that have synergistic action or by decreasing the calcium level in the diet. A young turkey, pheasant, or similar fowl. A mechanical device that dispenses a measured amount of medicinal or nutritional solutions into drinking water lines. Grandular stomach of the chicken and other avian species. A young hen, usually not more than 1 year old. Birds allowed access to a pasture or large lot. Meat-type chickens grown to live weights between 6 and 8 lb. Often these are cockerels because of their more rapid growth rates. A male chicken (cock) and certain other male birds. Birds lacking immunity to specific diseases used for the detection of infectious agents by placement into commercial flocks. Seroconversion or pathogen isolation is determined in these previously naive birds. A fleshy protuberance at the base of the beak of a turkey. Birds from layer or breeder flocks marketed for meat at the end of the laying

Poult Proportioner Proventriculus Pullet Ranged Poultry Roaster Rooster Sentinel bird

Snood Spent fowl cycle.

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