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Post by rap on Mar 9, 2009 12:06:53 GMT 8
Avian flu is used to describe the influenza viruses that infect birds - for example wild birds such as ducks and domestic birds such as chickens. In fact, birds appear to a natural reservoir of flu viruses - 15 subtypes influenza A virus are known to be circulating in bird populations.Next letter is U
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Post by lakelands on Mar 11, 2009 11:50:34 GMT 8
This was a hard one...Poutry starting with U
Utility chicken breeds. Those chickens which can be used for both meat and eggs
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Post by fluffychook on Mar 11, 2009 13:16:09 GMT 8
Swollen Head Syndrome Synonyms: Facial cellulitis, thick head, Dikkop, SHS
Species affected: Chickens and turkeys are the known natural hosts. Experimentally, guinea fowl and pheasants are susceptible but pigeons, ducks, and geese are resistant to the infection. SHS does not presently occur in the United States, but is present in most countries of the world.
Clinical signs: In chicks and poults, there is initial sneezing, followed by reddening and swelling of the tear ducts and eye tissue. Facial swelling will extend over the head and down the jaw and wattles. Adult chickens have mild respiratory disease followed by a few birds having swollen heads. Other signs include disorientation, twisting of the neck, and a significant drop in egg production (see Table 1 ).
Transmission: The infection spreads by direct contact with infected birds or indirectly by exposure to infectious material.
Treatment: There is no proven medication for swollen head syndrome. The disease is caused by a virus classified as a pneumovirus. A disease closely mimicking SHS is caused by a mixed infection of respiratory viruses and specific bacteria. Antibiotic therapy may be helpful against the bacterial component.
Prevention: A commercial vaccine is available. Swollen head syndrome is considered an exotic disease and a live vaccine is not approved for use in the United States.
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Post by rap on Mar 11, 2009 13:23:46 GMT 8
Egg soft shelled. f you do get more than one thin/soft shelled egg from a hen, you may find it helpful to review the amount of calcium your hens get in their feed. A good quality layers mash/pellets should contain enough, but hens that eat a lot of other things while free ranging, or get lots of treats may need extra calcium. You can buy poultry grit or oyster shell from feed merchants, or you can recycle your own egg shells.Just bake and then grind them up. Next letter is D.
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Post by lakelands on Mar 11, 2009 13:53:13 GMT 8
Rap you always come up with the yukkiest deseases.
d'Uccle The Barbu d'Uccle as a separate distinct breed has only been traced to the beginning of this century in Belgium although there had been various types of small feather legged bantams found throughout Europe and Asia for several centuries. In some countries they were known as Booted Bantams, with many having whiskers, but not beards. The Dutch Sabelpoot is a related breed but without the "bull" neck and beard.
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Post by rap on Mar 11, 2009 14:01:26 GMT 8
Lets hope we dont't catch any. Egg tooth.
A small horny growth at the tip of a chick's upper mandible used to break through the eggshell. This 'tooth' is lost within a few days of hatching. Next letter H
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Post by lakelands on Mar 11, 2009 19:39:53 GMT 8
Sorry Fluffy that was your yukkie disease....
Hamburg An ornamental fowl capable of laying fair number of relatively small eggs.
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Post by rap on Mar 11, 2009 20:02:23 GMT 8
Genes Next letter is R Egg colour It is known that the colour is sex linked - i.e. that the father is the most important determinant for the colour of the eggs in the next generation.
Therefore your cockerel/ drake is the most important bird in controlling and improving your egg colour in the future. # The other very important factor is yourself - you chose the eggs that are hatched - you control the quality of the next generation.only hatch eggs that are of a good size for the breed # never hatch eggs that are the wrong colour for the breed # if you have a number of birds laying roughly the right colour - choose the best and be hard with your selections # if you have eggs that are not correct replace the breeding cockerel with one hatched from the correct colour and size
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Post by fluffychook on Mar 12, 2009 8:06:25 GMT 8
Rickets diet
This is a pick me up diet for chooks that are feeling poorly and need a boost
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Post by rap on Mar 12, 2009 9:01:56 GMT 8
Tournaisis Next letter S History From the bantams seen in the French-Belgian border area, where the river Schelde enters Belgium, a local breed originated at the end of the 19th century and received the name mille fleurs du Tournaisis. The centre of this area was Bleharies and surroundings. This bantam was also called the Naine du Tournaisis. The breed has kept this name. In Dutch this name means Doornik bantam. In English the name of this breed is Tournaisis. The local people used still another name for this bantam: the captain's little chicken. Picture: Tournaisis rooster three-coloured spotted. © W.Hoekstra / www.willemhoekstra.comThe breed received this surname, because this peaceful and quite animal was kept on deck of the many freight ships on the river Schelde. Nothing is known about the ancestors of this breed. The presumption excist that the old French breed Mantes (a black and white chicken) has cooperated on the origination. This is possible because the Mantes was kept in the same border area as the breed for commercial production. The first registration of the Tournaisis was in Chasse et Pêche in the year 1923. R. du Manoir reports that he has known the breed since 1883 with the name Tiquetée (read 'spotted'). Long before World War I people started to breed pure Tournaisis. Unfortunately almost all the animals were lost during the war. After the Second World War the rebuilding of the breed was done seriously. To do so they used the remaining Tournaisis and partridge Old English Game. The Old English Game was at that time bred with a type that strongly varies of the nowadays 'modern' type. The final result of this breeding is our modern Tournaisis. We have to remember that this modern Tournaisis genetically varies with the original Tournaisis. We have to accept this or else the Tournaisis would have been extinct.
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Post by lakelands on Mar 19, 2009 13:47:48 GMT 8
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Post by rap on Mar 20, 2009 10:11:35 GMT 8
X syndrome Genetic disorder Next letter E
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Post by plink on Mar 20, 2009 12:35:48 GMT 8
ERYSIPELAS
Erysipelas in poultry is seen worldwide, mainly as an acute septicemia. Outbreaks usually occur suddenly, with a few birds being found dead followed by increasing mortality on subsequent days. Mortality may range from <1% to 50%. From an economic standpoint, turkeys are the most important poultry species affected, but serious outbreaks have occurred in chickens, ducks, and geese. Mammals are also affected, with swine being the most economically important species. Infection in reptiles and amphibians has also been reported. The organism has been isolated from the surface slime on fish, which may serve as a source of infection for other species. People usually become infected when the organism enters through cuts in the skin. There have been no reports of people becoming infected by the oral route. The disease in humans (erysipeloid) is most common in people who handle infected tissues such as veterinarians, butchers, and fish handlers. Erysipeloid in people may be a localized or a septicemic and occasionally fatal infection.
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Post by rap on Mar 21, 2009 12:37:44 GMT 8
Salt NEXT LETTER IS T
Although the salt requirement of chicken is relatively low, adequate levels are essential, and excessive amounts are highly toxic and reduce egg production. Birds require a sensitive balance between necessary and toxic levels of salt.
Excess dietary salt intake readily causes wet droppings and wet litter. Several feed ingredients,such as fish meal, corn gluten meal, meat meal, whey and sunflower meal contain high levels of sodium. When such ingredients are used, the level of supplemental salt (NaCl) in the diet must be reduced.
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Post by lakelands on Mar 24, 2009 5:54:13 GMT 8
Turkey Yum Yum
Turkeys have a distinctive fleshy wattle that hangs from the underside of the beak, and a fleshy protuberance that hangs from the top of its beak called a snood. With wingspans of 1.5–1.8 meters (almost 6 feet), the turkeys are by far the largest birds in the open forests in which they live. As with many Galliform species the female (hen) is smaller than the male (tom or gobbler) and is much less colorful.
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