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  2. Poultry litter - Wikipedia

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    In agriculture, poultry litter or broiler litter is a mixture of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and material used as bedding in poultry operations. This term is also used to refer to unused bedding materials. Poultry litter is used in confinement buildings used for raising broilers, turkeys and other birds.

  3. Feather meal - Wikipedia

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    Feather meal or Feather powder, is a byproduct of processing poultry; it is made from poultry feathers by partially grinding them under elevated heat and pressure, and then grinding and drying. Although total nitrogen levels are fairly high (up to 12%), the bioavailability of this nitrogen may be low.

  4. Animal product - Wikipedia

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    Many diagnostic laboratory tests use animal or human sourced reagents) Casein (used in plastics, clothing, cosmetics, adhesives and paint) Castoreum (secretion of the beaver used in perfumes and possibly in food flavoring) Civet oil; Coral rock (Precious coral in particular is beloved for jewelry making) Donkey milk

  5. Scientists Are Using Chicken Feathers to Build Better ... - AOL

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    In the U.S., 9 billion of these animals are killed every year for meat, and chicken feathers are one of the largest byproducts of the poultry industry as a result. Every year, an estimated 40 ...

  6. EXPLAINER: Chicken made from cells in a lab; what it is and ...

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    The United Stated Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, June 21 permitted two California firms to sell the products, known as The post EXPLAINER: Chicken made from cells in a lab; what it is and ...

  7. Water treatment - Wikipedia

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    Dalecarlia Water Treatment Plant, Washington, D.C. Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it appropriate for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment.

  8. List of poultry feathers - Wikipedia

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    The soft feathers on the underside of the bird Lesser sickles Long curved feathers of the tail, below the sickles only in cock birds Main tail feathers The long straight feathers forming the tail, under the tail coverts Muff Feathers projecting below and around the eyes only in bearded breeds Neck hackles The long feathers of the neck

  9. Agricultural wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural wastewater treatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertilizer, pesticides, animal slurry, crop residues or irrigation water. Agricultural wastewater treatment is required for continuous confined animal operations ...