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Castration: Removal of testicles to prevent Broody: A hen which has stopped laying eggs
breeding temporarily.
Fecundity: It is the potential capacity of the Clutch: The number of eggs laid by a bird on
female to produce functional ova regards of consecutive days. A clutch of 3-4 eggs is
what happens to them after they are preferred.
produced. Toned milk: Toned milk is a method developed
Sterility: Inability to produce any offspring. in India, of treating buffalo milk by adding skim
Free martin: When a female calf is born as a milk, powdered skim milk and water to buffalo
twin to a male calf, a sterile female is milk. This process decreases the. fat content,
known as free martin. increases the quantity of available milk, and
Cryptorchids: The failure of testes to descend 'tones up' the non fat solids level to the original
fully into the scrotum. If one testis is in amount. Buffalo milk has a fat content of about
scrotal position the male is usually fertile but 7-8%, and a non fat solids content of 9-10%. By
if both are retained in the abdominal cavity reducing the fat content to 3% through the
sterility usually reported. toning process, the available milk quantity is
Clipping: It is the process of cutting the nearly tripled.
overgrown body hairs with the help of hair Double-toned milk: Double-toned milk is a
clippers similar product, where the fat content of the
Grooming: It is the careful brushing and milk is reduced to 1.5% and the non fat solids
combing of body hair coat. content increased to 10%. This product is
Gimmer: The female sheep aged 6 months to produced by UNICEF for free distribution to
first parturition homeless youth and low-income families.
Mohair: The wool of Angora goat is called Unlike single toned milk, double-toned milk is
mohair always pasteurized.
Pashmina: The undercoat of Kashmiri goat
Pelt: It is defined as removal of skin from day Highest producing states
old lamb after slaughter Egg Andhra Pradesh
Average: It is the sum of production divided Poultry meat Haryana
by No. of animals. Meat Uttar Pradesh
West average: It is the average daily milk
yield of a cow is lactation. Milch Breeds / Dual Purpose Draught
Milk Breeds Breeds Breeds:
Some terms related to poultry: average more per lactation <500 kg per
Ad lib (Latin): Ad libitum (full feeding) means than 1600 kg per is 500 kg to lactation
as much as desired. It is commonly used to lactation 150 kg.
express the availability of feed on a free
choice basis. It is a labour saving system under Mortality rate - Mortality rate may rise due to
which poultry help themselves and eat as disease, predation or high temperature. The
much as they wish. This means that the feed mortality rate of
should be offered always in the feeders. small chicks (up to eight weeks of age) is
Brood: A group of (baby) chicks from one about 4 percent; that of
hatch. growers (between eight and 20 weeks of
Coccidiosis: A disease caused by coccidia age) is about 15 percent; and that of
(micro-organism) with symptoms of anaemia, layers (between 20 and 72 weeks of age) is
blood-mixed dysentery and death. about 12 percent. The
Coryza: is a type of disease in which average mortality rate of a flock is from 20
membrane lining the upper part of respiratory to 25 percent per year.
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