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GALLIFORMES [2 records]

Record 1 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Grit is available in two forms : soluble and insoluble. Soluble grit, such a cuttlebone and crushed oyster shells, dissolves as it passes through the digestive tract and serves as a source of calcium in the avian diet... Insoluble grit, generally found as sand or small pebbles, remains in the gizzard after ingestion and helps with the mechanical breakdown of food... Some species of birds, particularly herbivorous or granivorous species such as galliformes, require insoluble grit in their diet for efficient digestion...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
CONT

Deux types de graviers sont offerts aux oiseaux : soluble et insoluble. Le gravier insoluble est composé de petits cailloux et contient habituellement du silicate et du grès. Il chemine jusqu'au gésier de l'oiseau où il aide à broyer les graines à coque ou les aliments qui ont atteint le tractus digestif en gros morceaux. Le gravier soluble est organique, se compose principalement de gypse et de calcaire (carbonate de calcium) et contient des os de seiche et des coquilles d'huîtres.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Leipoa: a genus of Australian mound-building megapodes with black, white and gray oscellated plumage ....

OBS

A bird of the family Megapodidae, order Galliformes.

OBS

In English scientific usage, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Le léïpoa ocellé est un oiseau de la famille des Megapodidae, ordre des Galliformes; il vit en Australie.

OBS

léïpoa ocellé : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

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