FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -"Poultry” can be defined as domestic fowls, including chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks, raised for the production of meat or eggs and the word is also used for the flesh of these birds used as food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Poultry is the class of domesticated fowl (birds) farmed for their meat, eggs or feathers. These most typically are members of the orders Galliformes (such as chickens and turkeys), and Anseriformes (waterfowl such as ducks and geese). The word poultry is often used to refer to the meat of these birds.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fowls (also known as poultry) are domesticated birds raised for eggs and meat. The term covers a range of birds, from Muscovy and mallard ducks to turkeys, guinea fowl, geese, quail, pigeons, ostriches and pheasants. But it is the chicken which is the greatest in number, being the world’s most populous bird.