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    and parts of South Asia. It was formerly known as the bankiva or bankiva fowl. It is the species that gave rise to the chicken (Gallus domesticus); the...
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  • Wild Fowl Decoys is an art reference book by American collector Joel Barber. It was the first book that was published on decoys and decoy collecting....
    3 KB (309 words) - 19:56, 19 November 2022
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    Guineafowl (redirect from Guinea fowl)
    Guineafowl (/ˈɡɪnifaʊl/; sometimes called "pet speckled hens" or "original fowl") are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic...
    12 KB (1,193 words) - 13:13, 14 May 2024
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    Founded in 1966, the Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust is a not for profit environmental non-government organisation dedicated to environmental education...
    9 KB (1,113 words) - 23:14, 28 February 2024
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    meals, and on special occasions, seafood was served. Exceptions were wild fowl served amongst the Heian nobility, and when Europeans arrived in Japan...
    51 KB (4,949 words) - 09:42, 7 May 2024
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    A bantam is any small variety of fowl, usually of chicken or duck. Most large chicken breeds and several breeds of duck have a bantam counterpart, which...
    2 KB (166 words) - 17:01, 22 June 2022
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    ("the river of the uru, via Charruan, urú being a common noun of any wild fowl). The name could also refer to a river snail called uruguá (Pomella megastoma)...
    161 KB (14,779 words) - 23:49, 18 May 2024
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    Petrotrin. The town is also the home of the world-famous Pointe-à-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust, a wildlife reserve for waterfowl located within the secured premises...
    6 KB (334 words) - 16:00, 12 September 2023
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    from the late 1860s and early 1870s. Llewelyn Lloyd's The Game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway (1867) introduces it (capitalised and in single quotes...
    39 KB (4,081 words) - 07:31, 6 May 2024
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    Station (Denmark). Bent, A. C. (1925). Life histories of North American wild fowl, Pt. 2. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 130. Palmer, R. S. (1976). Handbook of North...
    61 KB (6,724 words) - 09:52, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kooyong, Victoria
    from an Aboriginal word meaning camp or resting place, or haunt of the wild fowl. It is best known for being the namesake of Kooyong Stadium and Kooyong...
    4 KB (313 words) - 23:49, 7 May 2024
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    PMID 2364664. Bent, Arthur Cleveland (1962). Life Histories of North American Wild Fowl. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486254227. Salewski, Volker; Hochachka...
    95 KB (8,708 words) - 09:44, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fowl cholera
    Fowl cholera is also called avian cholera, avian pasteurellosis and avian hemorrhagic septicemia. It is the most common pasteurellosis of poultry. As the...
    8 KB (1,027 words) - 04:00, 10 May 2024
  • Chasseur (sauce) (category Wild game dishes)
    "hunter", alluding to the traditional pairings with venison, rabbit, wild fowl, and other game meats. Traditionally, while returning from the hunt, the...
    2 KB (151 words) - 21:27, 21 November 2023
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    Turkey (bird) (redirect from Turkey fowl)
    a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl.[citation needed] The wild turkey species is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, which...
    43 KB (3,928 words) - 19:57, 6 May 2024
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    delicacy is wanting. A tract of land so thinly inhabited, must have much wild-fowl; and I scarcely remember to have seen a dinner without them. The moor-game...
    54 KB (6,385 words) - 20:46, 31 March 2024
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    the office of 'Fowler to the King', the purpose of which was to supply wild-fowl to the King as required. The dwelling which came with the post was called...
    34 KB (3,612 words) - 22:41, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pasteurella multocida
    multocida strains that cause fowl cholera in poultry typically belong to the serovars 1, 3, and 4. In the wild, fowl cholera has been shown to follow...
    15 KB (1,885 words) - 21:22, 6 March 2024
  • (2024-05-15). "Antibodies to influenza A(H5N1) virus in hunting dogs retrieving wild fowl, Washington, USA". Emerging Infectious Diseases. doi:10.3201/eid3006.231459...
    36 KB (3,573 words) - 23:50, 24 May 2024
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    "poultry" and "fowl". Both words are also used for the flesh of these birds. Poultry can be distinguished from "game", defined as wild birds or mammals...
    57 KB (6,262 words) - 05:57, 7 April 2024
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