Lab Material
While it is sometimes called Chicken Hypnotism, birds are not actually hypnotized or sleeping, rather it is a fear response
Tonic Immobility
Compound that builds up in poultry houses due to wet conditions and feces. Can cause burns to skin and irritation to lungs.
Ammonia
The ranking Indiana holds in Duck production for the USA
#1
Triangular-ish shaped immune organ located adjacent to the liver
Spleen
Hormone that stimulates broody behaviors, it causes hens to really embrace their inner dinosaur
Prolactin
Three metrics negatively affected by heat stress
Carcass Quality
Egg Quality
Feather Quality
Triple Play Rules apply
It is common for this body part to be removed during the first day of life. It cuts down on the amount of cannibalism birds engage in.
Type of integration that applies to most poultry operations.
Vertical integration
The DUI chicks die from
Dehydration
Unknown
Infection
Triple play rules apply
Site in the female repro tract where fertilization must occur.
Infundibulum
One of the 5 freedoms in welfare that has influenced producers to add enrichments like roosts or dust bathing pads in cages.
Freedom to express natural behavior
Chicken behavior resulting from being in a cage free system, results in fatalities due to suffocation.
Piling up
This caging system continues to grow in popularity despite it being more expensive to maintain and produce eggs with
Cage Free
According to Dr. Sato, these hang out in the intestinal tract of birds but do not commonly cause death
Worms
Roundworms/tapeworms also
The main glucocorticoid in birds
Corticosterone
During the thermal images lab, we targeted the bill as a region to be outlined. What biological purpose does the bill serve that would make it a region of interest?
Thermoregulation/Cooling
Species of poultry that has to utilize AI to reproduce, and I don't mean computers.
Turkey
Caging system that provided increased space and better welfare to birds but was negatively perceived by consumers due to poor marketing.
Enriched Cages
Guess Disease from symptoms
Marek's Disease
In the male repro system, these cells convert cholesterol to Testosterone in the presence of LH
Leydig cells
Fissure-like structure on surface of egg yolk where the follicle will seperate from the ovary during ovulation.
Stigma
Three assessment measures for welfare
____-Based measures
Hint: From Dr. Weimer's lecture
Animal
Protocol
Facility/Resource
For Triple Play, points are earned for each correct answer given. 1=500, 2=1000, 3= 1500
Once an incorrect answer is given, the question goes to the other team, and points are earned until complete or incorrect answer is given.
What poultry disease costs the most worldwide to treat/prevent
Coccidiosis
Deficiency in this element of the diet can result in a loss of reproductive behaviors.
Location within the hen repro tract where sperm travel to be stored in the Sperm Storage Tubules.
Utero-Vaginal Junction