AMSCO Agriculture Terms Practice Test

Poultry production refers to the industry and activities involved in producing poultry products for consumption, including both meat and eggs. It covers breeding, raising, processing, and marketing of poultry products, so it encompasses the whole stream from birds to market. Egg production is just one aspect of the industry, focusing only on eggs. Aviculture is the study and practice of keeping and breeding birds, not the industrial scope, and poultry farming is very close in meaning but the term poultry production is the standard way to describe the entire industry that yields both meat and eggs.