Poultry Exam 1 with correct answers 100%

Poultry Exam 1 with correct answers 100% Top 5 Broiler Companies - Correct Answer Tyson Foods, Inc. Pilgrim's Pride Sanderson Farms Perdue Farms Koch Foods, Inc. Top 5 states for Chicken production - Correct Answer Georgia Alabama Arkansas North Carolina Mississippi The top five egg producing companies - Correct Answer 1 Cal-Maine 2 Rose Acre Farms, Inc 3 Moark, LLC 4 Daybreak Foods 5 Rembrandt Enterprises The top five egg producing States - Correct Answer 1 Iowa 2 Ohio 3 Pennsylvania 4 Indiana 5 California Important factors in Poultry production - Correct Answer Muscle growth (Weight and Tenderness) Composition (Minerals and Fats) Development (Growth and Health) Primary breeding companies in the world for chickens - Correct Answer 1. Cobb-Vantress Developed the Hydro breed - great feed conversion 2. Aviagen Largest broiler breeding company with about 44% of global market 3. Hubbard 2nd largest multi-species animal breeding company Primary breeders consist of - Correct Answer Pedigree Great grandparent Grandparent generations Maintained under highest level of biosecurity. Pros and Cons for Genetic selection - Correct Answer Pros High growth rates Multiple ovulations Cons Reproductive efficiency Lower egg production Shorter egg laying duration Parent breeders are owned by... - Correct Answer Owned by commercial broiler companies What happens to the eggs of the parent breeders? - Correct Answer Eggs go to company own hatcheries and chicks are taken to broiler houses to be raised as commercial broilers They are then processed and marketed for human consumption. Breed of broiler chicken - Correct Answer Cornish Male X White Plymouth Rock Female How long does it take a cornish to mature? - Correct Answer 4 wks Capons - Correct Answer castrated male chickens Breed for laying eggs - Correct Answer single comb leg horn hens How many weeks does it take to produce a turkey? - Correct Answer 25 wks 5lb of feed per pound male and female turkey what are they called and used for? - Correct Answer Hens 14 weeks about 15.5 pounds mostly sold as whole birds Toms 18 weeks about 38 pounds mostly sold as further processed (sausage, franks, tenderloins, cutlets & deli meat)