Ciekawostka: There are about 2 chickens for every human

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Chicken is the most common type of poultry and the second most consumed meat in the world, after pork. Owing to the relative ease and low cost of raising chickens—in comparison to mammals such as cattle or pigs—chicken meat (commonly called just "chicken") and chicken eggs have become prevalent in numerous cuisines. Chicken can be prepared in a vast range of ways, including baking, grilling, barbecuing, frying, boiling, and roasting. Since the latter half of the 20th century, prepared chicken has become a staple of fast food. Chicken is sometimes cited as being more healthy than red meat, with lower concentrations of cholesterol and saturated fat. The poultry farming industry that accounts…

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The History of the Discovery of Vitamin K.. Vitamin K was discovered during the 1930s when a strange haemorrhagic disorder was observed in chickens fed a cholesterol-free diet. A fat-soluble agent, present in green leafy vegetables and hog liver, was able to restore haemostasis in the chickens. The chemical structure and the physiological role of vitamin K were uncovered resulting in the Nobel Prize being awarded to Henrik Dam and Edward Doisy in 1943. The discovery of vitamin K led to a breakthrough in our understanding of the human coagulation system, where vitamin K plays a pivotal role in activating prothrombin and other coagulation factors. The prevention of vitamin K-dependent bleedin…

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A child under 15 dies every 5 seconds around the world

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Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food. Anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals, and Homo antecessor are known to have practised cannibalism to some extent in the Pleistocene. Cannibalism was occasionally practised in Egypt during ancient and Roman times, as well as later during severe famines. The Island Caribs of the Lesser Antilles, whose name is the origin of the word cannibal, acquired a long-standing reputation as eaters…

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Accelerating <i>Campylobacter</i> zoonosis in the Anthropocene.. Intensive poultry farming has transformed global bird populations, concentrating billions of chickens into dense industrial systems that fundamentally reshape ecological space. As birds are important pathogen reservoirs, these changes can have important consequences for the spread of zoonoses including Campylobacter jejuni -the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis. Analyzing 2,747 genomes from chickens and wild birds, we show that poultry intensification has eroded historic host-strain associations and created a new and expanding ecological niche. Phylogenetic reconstructions reveal an estimated 100-fold incr…

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Population, World Production and Quality of Sheep and Goat Products. Sheep and goats are two of the first animals that were domesticated by humans. The initial reasons for raising these animals was meat, milk and dairy products, fleece and skin. Also, one of the most important reasons for raising sheep and, goats on the farm was due to the difficulties associated with preserving animal products like meat. It was easier to keep, raise livestock and slaughter them whenever meat was required. Sheep meat production on the global scale is near 9 million tones per year and developing countries are at the top of the list. Sheep meat consumption is fourth after pork, poultry and beef meat. About 20…

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Urban keeping of chickens as pets, for eggs, meat, or for eating pests is popular in urban and suburban areas. Some people sell the eggs for side income. Keeping chickens in an urban environment is a type of urban agriculture, important in the local food movement, which is the growing practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around a village, town or city. According to National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service and experts in backyard agriculture, there are a host of personal benefits associated with urban agriculture and keeping chickens in one's own backyard. Those caring for chickens as pets may not have the expectation of eggs; some may even feed their h…

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The game of chicken, also known as the hawk-dove game or snowdrift game, is a model of conflict for two players in game theory. The principle of the game is that while the ideal outcome is for one player to yield (to avoid the worst outcome if neither yields), individuals try to avoid it out of pride, not wanting to look like "chickens". The players may taunt each other to increase the shame of yielding. When one player yields the conflict is avoided and the game ends. The name "chicken" has its origins in a game in which two drivers drive toward each other on a collision course: one must swerve, or both may die in the crash, but if one driver swerves and the other does not, the one who swe…

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The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is the domesticated form of the red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is one of the most common and widespread domesticated animals in the world. Chickens are primarily kept for their meat and eggs, though they are also kept as pets. As of 2023, the global chicken population exceeded 26.5 billion, with more than 50 billion birds produced annually for consumption. Specialized breeds such as broilers and laying hens have been developed for meat and egg production, respectively. A hen bred for laying can produce over 300 eggs per year. Chickens are social animals with comp…

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that accounts for chicken production takes on a range of forms across different parts of the world . In developed countries, chickens are typically subject

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