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Duck manure fertilizes the paddy fields, reducing the need for artificial fertilizers, again saving money and labour. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 8 ] Both soil nutrients and water parameters including nitrate, dissolved organic matter, dissolved oxygen, and suspended solids are higher because of duck manuring and dabbling in the soil, raising production and ...
The Muscovy is commonly reared for meat. [4]: 78 Mulards from the crossing of a Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and a wild-type mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)In commercial production, it is often crossed with a mallard-derived domestic duck such as the Rouen or Pekin to produce the hybrid known as a mulard.
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Cairina moschata domestica head detail. All Muscovy ducks have long claws on their feet and a wide, flat tail. In the domestic drake (male), length is about 86 cm (34 in) and weight is 4.6–6.8 kg (10–15 lb), while the domestic hen (female) is much smaller, at 64 cm (25 in) in length and 2.7–3.6 kg (6.0–7.9 lb) in weight.
A simplified food web illustrating a three-trophic food chain (producers-herbivores-carnivores) linked to decomposers. The movement of mineral nutrients through the food chain, into the mineral nutrient pool, and back into the trophic system illustrates ecological recycling. The movement of energy, in contrast, is unidirectional and noncyclic.
Most foods contain a mix of some or all of the nutrient classes, together with other substances. Some nutrients can be stored internally (e.g., the fat soluble vitamins), while others are required more or less continuously. Poor health can be caused by a lack of required nutrients or, in extreme cases, too much of a required nutrient.
Since ancient times, the duck has been eaten as food. [23] Usually only the breast and thigh meat is eaten. [24] It does not need to be hung before preparation, and is often braised or roasted, sometimes flavoured with bitter orange or with port. [25] Peking duck is a dish of roast duck from Beijing, China, that has been prepared since medieval ...
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