What are the varieties of poultry

Poultry animals are: sheep, horses, camels, rabbits, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks, quail, and pigeons.

Poultry are bird animals that are kept in captivity, mainly for their meat, eggs and feathers, but also as other uses. Generally of the pheasant and duck families, such as chickens, ducks, geese, quail, etc., but also of other families of birds such as turkeys, pigeons and various songbirds. Such as domesticated by the mallard duck into the domestic duck, the Peking duck is a good variety of 70 to 120 eggs per year, and made of Peking duck, its delicious has been famous in China and abroad.

Poultry in addition to providing human meat, eggs, their feathers and manure also has an important economic value. 2020 May 29 announced the "National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Catalog", "catalog" for the first time a clear domesticated livestock and poultry species of 33 species, including their local varieties, cultivars, introduced varieties and supporting lines.

Breeding List

Of these, 17 species of traditional livestock and poultry, respectively, pigs, common cattle, ruminating cattle, buffaloes, yaks, large frontal cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, camels, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, quail. There are 16 types of special livestock and poultry, namely, merganser, equine deer, reindeer, alpaca, turkey, guinea fowl, pheasant, partridge, duck, mallard, ostrich, emu, mink (non-food), silver fox (non-food), arctic fox (non-food), raccoon (non-food).

The Catalog belongs to the positive list of livestock and poultry farming, and those included in the Catalog are managed in accordance with the People's Republic of China*** and State Animal Husbandry Law.

Poultry meat and eggs are nutrient-rich, and poultry meat is rich in protein, as well as phosphorus and other minerals, and a good amount of vitamin B. Compared to most beef and pork, poultry meat is lower in fat, while poultry liver is rich in vitamin A.