Showing Food Chicken
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Name | Chicken | ||||||||||
Scientific Name | Gallus gallus | ||||||||||
Description | The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs. | ||||||||||
Primary ID | FOOD00329 | ||||||||||
Picture | Not Available | ||||||||||
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Group | Animal foods | ||||||||||
Sub-Group | Poultry | ||||||||||
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ITIS ID | 176086 | ||||||||||
Wikipedia ID | Chicken | ||||||||||
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Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). |