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Animal Welfare Information Center
Quick Bibliography Series
"...a substantial resource for recent investigations on a given
topic..."
CONTENTS:
RESEARCH ABSTRACTS, Source Document I (QB 94-15)
"Housing, Husbandry, and Welfare of Poultry"
January 1991 - January 1994
ISSN: 1052-5378
*Abstracts numbers 1 through 311
*Author Index I
*Subject Index I
RESEARCH ABSTRACTS, Source Document II (QB 95-05)
"Housing, Husbandry, and Welfare of Poultry"
January 1992 - January 1995
(updates and sometimes duplicates the former document)
ISSN: 1052-5378
*Abstracts numbers 1 through 232
*Author Index II
*Subject Index II
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Definitions
Mash: a blend of feed ingredients, ground to a small size but not to a powder; mash can be in pellet form
Pellets: small kernels of compressed mash
Concentrate: a blend of protein-rich foods, plus any other nutrients desired; usually fed together with a grain ration
Scratch: grains fed separately to chickens, usually scattered on the ground or litter of the coop
Grit: angular, hard crushed rock, preferably from granite, used by the chickens in place of "teeth" --- seashells and bone CANNOT substitute for grit; grit should be free-choiced several times a month at least
Calcium: provided by sea shells, crushed bone, and fresh or dried greens --- amounts need to be measured closely, if not free range
Protein: any food high in amino acids, used to build tissues; protein quality is determined by the "completeness" of the amino acid varieties in the food source; basically, meats, nuts, seed germs, and soy concentrates are protein sources
Amino acid: a molecule that is one building block of protein; there are many different amino acids, most of which can be manufactured in the body; the few that cannot must be supplied by foods
Vitamins: a general term meaning "life-giving"; see RECIPES section for which ones to use
Minerals: inert chemicals found in nature; kelp of all kinds supplies the complete spectrum of minerals
Free range: not controlled by fences, able to get to fresh greens and insects; as commercially used, this term allows fences, with minimum amount of space per bird being set by definition
Pastured poultry: hens kept in movable, usually wheeled, pens, moved daily over fresh pasture, creating delicious meat and nutritious eggs
Organic: inspected by government agencies, organic food sources must not contain traces of harmful chemicals; the term as currently used does not insure that poultry has been raised in the best possible way, only that it has near zero harmful ingredients
Pullets: female chickens under 1 year old
Hens: female chickens over 1 year old
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