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Agriculture vocabulary · Livestock

Poultry

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

/ˈpoʊltri/nounCore term

In agriculture, poultry means: Birds kept for meat or eggs, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese; also the meat of these birds.

In Turkish: kanatlı hayvanlar, kümes hayvanları, tavukçuluk

How it is used

Used for the sector (poultry farming, the poultry industry) and the animals. Chickens raised for meat are broilers, and those kept for eggs are layers or laying hens. Poultry farms are often called poultry houses.

Example sentences

  1. Turkey is one of the largest poultry meat exporters in the region.

  2. All poultry on the farm were vaccinated against Newcastle disease.

Common collocations

  • poultry farm
  • poultry farming
  • poultry meat
  • poultry house
  • poultry manure
  • livestockAnimals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry that are kept on a farm for meat, milk, eggs, wool or work.
  • feedFood given to farm animals, such as hay, silage, grain or manufactured mixtures, chosen to meet their nutritional needs.
  • animal welfareThe physical and mental well-being of animals, including good feed, water, housing, health care and the freedom to behave naturally.
  • manureAnimal dung, often mixed with straw or bedding, that is spread on land as an organic fertilizer to add nutrients and organic matter.
  • breedA group of animals of the same species with similar appearance and characteristics, developed and kept by people, such as Holstein cattle or Merino sheep.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

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