poultry flock
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poultry
noun[plural]
uk/ˈpəʊl.tri/us/ˈpoʊl.tri/
birds, such as chickens, that are bred for their eggs ...
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flock
noun
uk/flɒk/us/flɑːk/
a group of sheep, goats, ...
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(Definition ofpoultryandflockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Widespread vaccination of poultry has been instrumental in maintaining the health status of the nationalpoultryflockduring the last decade.
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The number of cattle had been reduced by about 100,000 and thepoultryflockby upwards of 1 million in the same period.
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Salmonella in thepoultryflockis a subject with which everybody who follows this issue has been familiar for many years.
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After all, by introducing his health regulations with regard to the importation of poultry he is securing a healthypoultryflockin this country.
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Both of these cancer-causing viruses are known to infect the samepoultryflock, the same chicken, and, even the same anatomic cell.
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The importation into this country of live fowl pest vaccine, and the use of such vaccine in poultry flocks, are both illegal.
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We are also conducting investigation into fowl paralysis among poultry flocks.
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If the disease becomes endemic and our poultry flocks are not to be sadly depleted there must now be compulsory vaccination.
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I know that many poultry producers are making careful checks—and if they continue to do so, they will eventually discover salmonella in poultry flocks.
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That is obvious in relation to prosecutions for contamination of rivers or of companies selling contaminated feed for the poultry flocks in this country.
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It appears that only about 25 per cent, of our poultry flocks are at present vaccinated.
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Several states have taken measures in recent years to tackle the problem of salmonella—especially salmonella enteritidis—in poultry flocks.
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We could have told the management out there that under conditions of heavy density of poultry flocks in high humidity, fowl typhoid does eventuate.
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There is no certification of poultry flocks in this country.
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Is he now prepared to accept the departmental responsibility for the shameful cover-up that has occurred in this country for years over the extent of salmonellosis in poultry flocks?
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Avoparcin is therefore no longer authorised as a feed additive for use in poultry flocks.
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In the present outbreaks, however, asymptomatic domestic ducks can directly introduce the virus, in its highly pathogenic form, to poultry flocks.
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