Title: Describe stages of poultry embryology.
Course: Livestock Production Management (18301-II) > Section: Producing Poultry

Description should include

- defining area pellucida and area opaca
- defining amnion, allantois, proventriculus, and umbilicus
- exploring the daily growth of the embryo during incubation.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are some of the major developments visible under a microscope during the first 24 hours of incubation?
- What day does the heart form and start to beat?
- What day is it possible to see the embryo becoming covered with feathers?
- What day is it possible to see the beak, claws, and scales becoming firm?
- What are the differences in incubation periods of the various types of poultry?