Chickens
young male chicken
What is a cockrel?
process of giving birth in livestock
What is parturition?
the worst danger associated with canned food
What is clostridum botulinum (botulism)?
immature female pig - hasn't given birth
What is a gilt?
planting different crops in a field every year or every other year
What is crop rotation?
young female chicken
What is a pullet?
Type of breeding involving choosing specific characteristics
What is selective breeding?
organism that is dangerous to humans that is associated with chickens
What is salmonella?
name for a baby goat
What is a kid?
technique that disturbs the soil the least - seed directly into residue of previous crop
What is no-till farming?
chickens raised for their meat
What are broilers?
the term that means giving birth to baby pigs
What is farrowing?
factor contributing to food waste in the U.S.
What is confusion about dates on labels?
a female equine that has had a colt
What is a mare?
plowing, planting, and cultivating across the slope
What is contour farming?
chickens raised for their laying eggs daily
What are layers?
giving birth to baby horses
What is foaling?
chemical change in food that may lead the product to being inedible
What is spoilage?
adult female cow
What is a cow?
soil or wall structure built across slope to capture water and move safely to not cause erosion
What is a terrace?
process using light to "see" inside eggs
What is candling?
mating animals of different breeds
What is cross-breeding?
Food "danger zone"
What is 40 - 140 degrees Fahrenheit?
immature female cow
What is a heifer?
alternating strips of row crops with strips of close-growing crops
What is strip cropping?