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- What
is the name for the functional units of the kidney?
- Which breed from the Continental Class
has a German name but is thought to have originated in Holland?
- What
watt bulb provides adequate light for 200 sq. ft. (18 square meters) of
floor space?
- Who is
T. Schjelderup-Ebbe and what did he discover?
- What
is gnotobiotics the study of?
A. germs and viruses effects on genetics
B. organisms raised in germ-free conditions
C. the infection rate of new pathogens
D. organisms immunological response to viruses - When
brooding poults, what is the rule of thumb with regard to reducing the
temperature on weekly basis?
- What
is the difference between mammal and bird red blood cells?
- _____
_____ is a bacteria-resistant solution of sodium silicate and was used as
one method of egg preservation.
- Check
your local _____ regulations before starting to raise turkeys as some
towns prohibit keeping poultry.
- What
animal has long been used to determine the vitamin content of foods?
A. horses
B. chicks
C. pigs
D. dogs - This
person is known as the father of genetics.
- T.
Schjelderup-Ebbe provided the first scientific observation of social _____
in animal in 1935.
- Other
than anthrax, what disease did Louis Pasteur work with? Hint, it was a
poultry disease.
A. Infectious bronchitis
B. Fowl cholera
C. Avian Influenza
D. Salmonella - Henrik
Dam found that chicks fed a diet that was deficient in a certain nutrient
did not have good blood clotting capabilities. Why then was the vitamin he
discovered named K?
- In the
Continental Class, a spangle variety may be found in this breed.
A. Polish
B. Faverolle
C. Campine
D.
Hamburg - What
breed of chicken was developed in Cuba?
- Feathers
that curl back toward the head is the remarkable trait for the _____breed
of chicken.
- The
definition of this term is very broad. It is a functioning unit of the
anatomy, such as the skeletal, muscular, glandular, respiratory, and
digestive.
A. Testes
B. Amnion
C.
System
D. Vitamin - Which
breed of chicken was discovered in South America?
A. Turkens
B. Ameraucanas
C. La Fleche
D.
Araucanas - What
is the most commonly raised commercial variety of turkey?
A. Bronze
B. Bourbon Red
C. Narragansett
D.
Large White
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