AVS-4130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Falconry, Aviary, Cockfight
21 Apr 2020
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1 introduction to the domestication of birds: review, birds belong to the animal (kingdom, chordata (phylum, aves (class, the scientific study of birds (avian species) = ornithology [ornis (gr. ) = bird: but, this is poultry techniques, so what is the definition of. By 2000 bc chicken was in egypt large scale chicken production. [for workers on egyptian pyramids and china"s great wall: classification of chickens, order = galliformes (ground dwelling birds) North america: [pheasants native to china & japan not domesticated, therefore not poultry; considered game birds, although some are raised in confinement, bird domestication / use non-galliformes, anseriformes ducks, geese, and swans. 3: 2000 bc geese (answer sp. ) Domesticated in egypt: meats, eggs, down, and garden weeding, 1000 bc mallard pekin ducks (anas sp) domesticated in china, meat, eggs, and down, 3000 bc (or earlier) pigeons (columbia livia) middle. East / egypt: meat (squab), homing ability (sending messages, 700 bc falconry practiced (not domestication) for hunting.
