Initial operation in industrial processing of live poultry: hanging individual birds by the legs in the hock region onto shackles of the processing line.
Suspension of birds
Definition
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Scratching shed, room, area
An area that allows birds to scratch.
Secondary sex characters, secondary sexual characters
All traits except the gonads by which males and females differ externally and in...
Selection
The choice of individuals within a population to achieve a defined breeding obje...
Selection base
The base population within which selection is carried out.
Selection criterion
A measured trait or condition used as the basis for selection.
Selection differential
The difference between the mean of a selected group and the mean of the original...
