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Poultry

Poultry is the category of domesticated birds which some people keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs

Egg (food)

An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo and its nutrient reserves....
, or kill for their meat

Meat

In modern English usage, meat most often refers to animal biological tissue used as food, mostly skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to offal, including livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, in some countries lungs, and a variety of other internal organs as well as blood....
and/or feathers.

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Poultry is the category of domesticated birds which some people keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs

Egg (food)

Meat

Fowl

Fowl is a term for birds; fowl belong to one of two order , namely the gamefowl or landfowl and the waterfowl . Studies of anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups were close evolutionary relatives; together, they form the fowl clade which is scientifically known as Galloanserae ....
, especially the order Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of birds containing turkey , grouse, chickens, quails, and pheasants. More than 250 living species are found worldwide....
(which includes chicken

Chicken

The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....
s and turkeys) and the family Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks, goose and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups....
(in order Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, goose, and swans....
), commonly known as "waterfowl

Waterfowl

Waterfowl are certain wildfowl of the order Anseriformes, especially members of the family Anatidae, which includes ducks, goose, and swans.They are strong swimmers with medium to large bodies....
" (e.g. domestic ducks and domestic geese). Poultry also include other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or dove

Dove

Pigeons and doves constitute the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerine Aves....
s or birds considered to be game

Game (food)

Game is any animal hunting for food or not normally Domestication . Game animals are also hunted for sport.The type and range of animals hunted for food varies in different parts of the world....
, like pheasant

Pheasant

Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattle and long tails....
s. The term also refers to the flesh of such birds.

Examples of types of poultry

Bird	Wild ancestor	Domestication	Killed or used for
Chicken Chicken The chicken is a Domestication fowl. Recent evidence suggests that domestication of the chicken was under way in Vietnam over 10,000 years ago....	Red Junglefowl Red Junglefowl The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus, is a tropical member of the Pheasant family, and is often believed to be the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken....	India India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world.... , c. 3000 BC	meat, feathers, eggs, ornamentation
Duck Domesticated duck Domesticated ducks are ducks that are raised for meat, egg s and Down feathers. Many ducks are also kept for show, as pets or for their ornamental value....	Mallard Mallard The Mallard , probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand , and Australia.... /Muscovy Duck Muscovy Duck The Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico, Central America and South America. A small wild population reaches into the US in the lower Rio Grande River basin in Texas....	various	meat, feathers, eggs
Goose	Greylag Goose Greylag Goose The Greylag Goose , Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Goose.It was in pre-Carolus Linnaeus times known as the Wild Goose .... /Swan Goose Swan Goose The Swan Goose is a large goose with a natural breeding range in Mongolia, northernmost China, and southeastern Russia. It is bird migration and winters mainly in central and eastern China....	various	meat, feathers, eggs
Indian peafowl Indian Peafowl The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl....	Indian Peafowl Indian Peafowl The Indian Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, also known as the Common Peafowl or the Blue Peafowl, is one of the species of bird in the genus Pavo of the Phasianidae family known as peafowl....	various	meat, feathers, ornamentation, landscaping
Mute swan Mute Swan The Mute Swan is a Eurasian member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. Although they tend to be quieter than other kinds of swans, they are not mute, and do vocalize....	Mute Swan	various	feathers, eggs, landscaping
Turkey	Wild Turkey Wild Turkey The Wild Turkey is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is one of two species of turkey , the other being the Ocellated Turkey, found in Central America....	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....	meat, feathers
Domesticated guineafowl Domesticated guineafowl Guineafowl are a family of Avess originating from Africa and related to other game birds such as the pheasants, Turkey s and partridges.They have a long history of domestication, mainly involving the Helmeted Guineafowl....	Helmeted guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl The Helmeted Guineafowl is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida. It breeds in Africa, mainly south of the Sahara, and has been widely introduced into the West Indies and southern France....	Africa	meat, pest consumption, and alarm calling
Common pheasant Common Pheasant The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"....	Common pheasant Common Pheasant The Common Pheasant , is a bird in the pheasant family . It is native to Asia and has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird. In parts of its range, namely in places where none of its relatives occur such as in Europe , it is simply known as the "pheasant"....	Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....	meat, mainly ornamental
Golden pheasant Golden Pheasant The Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", is a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....	Golden pheasant Golden Pheasant The Golden Pheasant or "Chinese Pheasant", is a gamebird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. It is native to forests in mountainous areas of western China but feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....	Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is a large landmass covering about 53,990,000 km? or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface . Often considered a single continent, Eurasia comprises the traditional continents of Europe and Asia, concepts which date back to classical antiquity and the borders for which are somewhat arbitrary....	meat, mainly ornamental

Cuts of poultry

The meatiest parts of a bird are the flight

Flight

Flight is the process by which an object moves either through the air, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere , by aerodynamically generating Lift , propulsion or Lighter than air using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement....
muscle

MUSCLE

MUSCLE is public domain, multiple sequence alignment software for protein and nucleotide sequences.MUSCLE is integrated into UGENE bioinformatics tool as a plugin....
s on its chest

Chest

The chest is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals sometimes referred to as the thorax....
, called breast meat, and the walking

Walking

Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on Earth, distinguished from running and crawling . When carried out in shallow waters, it is usually described as wading and when performed over a steeply rising object or an obstacle it becomes scrambling or climbing....
muscles on the first and second segments of its legs, called the thigh and drumstick respectively.

White meat

White meat

White meat refers to any lighter-colored meat, often contrasted with red meat. White meat or light meat also refers to the lighter-colored meat of poultry as contrasted with "dark meat"....
has less oxygen

Oxygen

Oxygen no O2 produced; 2) O2 produced, but absorbed in oceans & seabed rock; 3) O2 starts to gas out of the oceans, but is absorbed by land surfaces and formation of ozone layer; 4-5) O2 sinks filled and the gas accumulates]]...
-carrying myoglobin

Myoglobin

Myoglobin is a Tertiary structure globular protein of 153 amino acids, containing a heme prosthetic group in the center around which the remaining apoprotein folds....
than the walking muscles, or dark meat, and is thus lighter in color. Dark meat tends to come from muscles more heavily exercised, which therefore also have more fat stored in them. This accounts for both dark meat's reputation as being unhealthier, and yet more flavorful.

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