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CROP MILK [5 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Biology
DEF

A semi-solid, crumbly excretion high in fat and protein that some bird species feed to baby birds during the first days after hatching.

CONT

Crop milk is only fed to young birds for a few days until they are able to digest other foods, and parent birds may gradually mix adult food in with the young birds’ diet to wean them off crop milk.

Key term(s)
  • cropmilk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Biologie animale
DEF

Substance semi-liquide très nutritive que certaines espèces d'oiseaux (pigeon, flamant, etc.) produisent à l'intérieur de leur jabot et régurgitent pour nourrir leurs oisillons.

CONT

Cette substance riche en protéine est produite dans le jabot des pigeons et tourterelles mâles et femelles à partir de la desquamation des cellules épithéliales externes des parois latérales de cet organe. Les cellules épithéliales du jabot s'hypertrophient et deviennent riches en lipides sous l'influence de l'hormone prolactine qui est sécrétée par l'adénohypophyse. Les deux parents nourrissent leurs petits en régurgitant le «lait», lequel constitue essentiellement la seule nourriture du pigeonneau pendant les quelques premiers jours après sa naissance. Puis, le lait de jabot est mélangé à des quantités croissantes de grains régurgités et à d'autres aliments que les parents ont ingérés.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Animal Biology
CONT

While the term crop milk is universally accepted to describe this unusual part of a baby bird's diet, it is also occasionally called pigeon milk, pigeon's milk or bird milk. These terms can be slightly misleading, however. Pigeon or pigeon's milk would seem to imply that only pigeons produce this substance, while bird milk makes it sound as if all birds offer their chicks a type of milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Biologie animale
DEF

Substance semi-liquide très nutritive que [les pigeons] produisent à l'intérieur de leur jabot et régurgitent pour nourrir leurs oisillons.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management
  • Food Industries
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

[A] risk management option for dairy farmers is a crop insurance product called LGM-Dairy [Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy] designed to protect their profit margin. LGM-Dairy provides protection against loss of gross margin(market value of milk minus feed costs) on milk produced from dairy cows.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cattle Raising
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
OBS

An animal is considered grass-fed, according to the USDA [United States Deparment of Agriculture] Grass Fed Marketing Claim Standards, when grass and forage are the "feed source consumed for the lifetime of the ruminant animal, with the exception of milk consumed prior to weaning. Animals cannot be fed grain or grain by-products and must have continuous access to pasture during the growing season. Hay, haylage, baleage, silage, crop residue without grain, and other roughage sources may also be included as acceptable feed sources. Routine mineral and vitamin supplementation may also be included in the feeding regimen. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des bovins
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
OBS

bœuf provenant d’animaux nourris à l’herbe; bœuf d’animaux nourris à l’herbe : termes à utiliser au Canada selon Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC).

OBS

bœuf : Au Canada, ce terme désigne généralement la viande et non l'animal (bovin domestique mâle castré) selon Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC).

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Farm Management and Policy
OBS

Early federal legislation allowing for the imposition of restrictions to limit imports into the United States.

OBS

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as president, he appointed Henry Wallace as his secretary of Agriculture. In 1933 Wallace drafted the Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA). The AAA paid farmers not to grow crop and not to produce dairy produce such as milk and butter. It also paid them not to raise pigs and lambs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Gestion et politique agricole

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos nacionales no canadienses
  • Comercio exterior
  • Gestión y política agrícola
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