Animal Science Terms

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Across
  1. 2. Chickens being prepared for consumption
  2. 3. The process of using light to be determined the eggs quality
  3. 4. Place where reproductive, digestive, and urinary systems meet
  4. 5. Organ where feed is mechanically ground
  5. 8. Newly hatched egg-type chicks are transported to a ___ where they are raised to about 20 weeks old
  6. 9. Organ where food can be stored if proventriculus and gizzard are full
  7. 12. Turkey growers move poults to ___ barns were the facilities are larger and provide more space for the young turkeys to reach to reach market weight
  8. 13. Does not serve any significant purpose in the bird digestive system
  9. 16. Day old turkey poults arrive at ___ from the hatchery and placed in an open floor reading house where they grow for the next 4-6 weeks until they are ready to be moved
  10. 19. Absorbs water from waste materials
  11. 21. The parent birds that produce fertile eggs for broiler chickens are produced by ____
  12. 22. Organ where digested feed is absorbed
  13. 23. Turkey hens will grow for about 14 weeks and reach weights of ___ pounds
  14. 25. Eggs that are laid by egg- laying chickens
Down
  1. 1. When a single enterprise owns and controls multiple states production operation it is called ___
  2. 6. Secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine
  3. 7. Pedigreed flocks of grandparent birds that produce the final generation of breeding birds are produced by ___
  4. 10. A facility where eggs are raised to be hatched
  5. 11. New chicks are placed in floor-rearing houses to be raised and fed for 4-6 weeks when they will reach market weight at ___ farms
  6. 14. The belief that all farms are a part of a corporation created the label of ___
  7. 15. Domesticated animals raised to be food
  8. 17. Eggs are collected several times each day, quickly cooled, cleaned, graded for internal and external quality, and then packaged for sale by the ___
  9. 18. Organ where acid is mixed with feed
  10. 20. Place where waste is passed out of the body
  11. 24. Layers will continue to produce eggs for almost 1 ___ or more