Course Description

Evaluation of live poultry for production and breeder stock potential and poultry product quality evaluation and selection standards.

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Athena Title

POULTRY EVALUATION

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Semester Course Offered

Offered fall

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Course Objectives

Students will become knowledgeable about the fundamentals of poultry evaluation and selection for reproductive, production and product quality traits. Selection standards and the biological basis of these standards will be applied and understood.

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Topical Outline

1. Selection standards 2. Biological basis of standards 3. Reproductive traits 4. Egg production traits 5. Meat production traits 6. Other production traits 7. Egg quality/exterior 8. Egg quality/interior 9. Carcass quality 10. Further processing

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