Poultry farming


 
 
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Poultry farming

Poultry Farming: Poultry includes hens, ducks, turkey and geese, is kept for eggs and meat. The practice of keeping and breeding these birds is called poultry farming. Therefore, improved poultry breeds are developed and farmed to produce layers for eggs and broilers for meat. For the improvement of poultry breeds, cross-breeding is done successfully between Indian or indigenous (e.g. Aseel, Basara, Cochin) and foreign or exotic (e.g. Leghorn, Plymouth Rock) breeds. These cross-breeding programs are focused on to develop desirable traits like:•    Quality and quantity (number) of chicks.•    Dwarf broiler parent for commercial chick production.•    Summer adaptation capacity/tolerance to high temperature.•    Low maintenance requirements.•    Reduction in the size of egg-laying bird with ability to utilise more fibrous cheaper diets formulated using agricultural byproducts.

 

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Question : 1

The practice of keeping and breeding birds like ______________________ is called poultry farming.

Right Option : D
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Question : 2

Poultry farming is undertaken to raise following:

  • (i) Egg production
  • (ii) Feather production
  • (iii) Chicken meat
  • (iv) Milk production
Right Option : A
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Question : 3

Cross breeding is needed _________________________.

Right Option : D
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