Title: (Optional) Describe stages of poultry embryology.
Course: Livestock Production Management (18301-II) > Section: Exploring Poultry Production

Description should include

- defining
  - area pellucida
  - area opaca
  - amnion
  - allantois
  - proventriculus
  - umbilicus
- exploring the daily growth of the embryo during incubation.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are some of the major developments visible under a microscope during the first 24 hours of incubation?
- What day does the heart form and begin to beat?
- What day is it possible to see the embryo becoming covered with feathers?
- What day is it possible to see the beak, claws, and scales becoming firm?
- What are the differences in incubation periods of the various types of poultry?