POPM 4230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Clostridium Perfringens Alpha Toxin, Broad Breasted White Turkey, Dry Cleaning
20 Jan 2017
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Broiler: raised for meat, heavy-boned, large body, and genetically selected for fast growth and high breast meat yield, main breeds in canada: ross and cobb. Layer chickens: produce table eggs, light weight and genetically selected for high egg production, main breeds in can: lohmann, isa, hyline, shaver, bovan. Turkeys: raised for meat, heavy-boned, large body, and genetically selected for high breast meat yield, main breed in canada: broad breasted white. Only 2 commercial strains in na supplied by two primary breeding companies: aviagen. Turkeys in the us and hybrid turkeys in ont. Breeders: produce hatching (fertilized) eggs for the next generation of broilers, layers, or turkeys. Government endorsed partnership that regulates domestic production and imports of certain commodity groups, including chicken, turkey, eggs, broiler hatching eggs (and milk) For each commodity group, the corresponding national marketing agency sets the quota based on domestic consumption of the product. This quota is divided by province based on historical human populations.
