What Do We Mean By Poultry?
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Article Date: 13 Feb 2006 - 17:00 PDT
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For the purpose of the Great Britain Register, "poultry " means birds (as listed below) which are reared, given, sold, or kept in captivity for commercial purposes including:
-- showing
-- breeding
-- the production of meat or eggs for consumption
-- the production of other commercial products; and
-- restocking supplies of game
Poultry includes:
-- chickens (including bantams)
-- turkeys
-- ducks
-- geese
-- guinea fowl
-- partridges
-- quail
-- pheasants
-- pigeons (reared for meat)
-- ostriches
-- emus
-- rheas
http://www.defra.gov.uk
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