Glossary
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| Deep Litter | It is an animal housing system, based on the repeated spreading of straw or sawdust material in indoor booths. An initial layer of litter is spread for the animals to use as bedding material and to defecate in, and as the litter is soiled, new layers of litter are continuously added by the farmer. In this fashion, this bedding can build often up to depths of 1 to 2 metres. | |
| Mesentery | A double layer of peritoneum attached to the abdominal wall and enclosing in its fold certain organs of the abdominal viscera. | |
| Pea comb | Pea comb in poultry is a low comb with three low ridges. The middle ridge is higher than the other two. Pea-comb is a dominant mutation in chickens that drastically reduces the size of the comb and wattles. It is an adaptive trait in cold climates as it reduces heat loss and makes the chicken less susceptible to frost lesions. |
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| Single comb | Single comb in poultry is thin and attached to the beak along the skull. On the top there are five or six deep grooves with sharp points, which are higher in the middle. A single comb stands up |
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| Monogastric | A monogastric animal has a stomach with a single compartment, as compared to ruminants whose stomachs have four distinct compartments. |
Examples: poultry.
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| Gid | A disease of sheep characterized by an unsteady gait and staggering, caused by infestation of the brain with tapeworms (Taenia caenuris). | |
| Common Interest Groups |
Common interest groups comprise individuals with similar livelihood aspirations, resource base and social background, who organize themselves to initiate a livelihood activity. On account of the selection of a similar livelihood activity, activity based clusters are developed. These groups are provided with requisite technical support including basic infrastructure, working capital, linkages with market and banks for successful implementation of selected activities. |
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| Zoonosis | Any infectious disease that can be transmittedfrom animals, both wild and domestic, to humans or from humans to animals (the latter is sometimes called reverse zoonosis or anthroponosis). Of the 1415 pathogens known to affect humans, 61% are zoonotic |
Avian Flu, Rabies
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| Wattles | A fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards. | |
| Vaccine | A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing micro-organism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe. |
Ranikhet disease vaccine
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