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Keeping pigeons has been found to lead to a condition called pigeon fancier's lung in some fanciers. [25] Pigeon fancier's lung is an extrinsic allergic reaction resembling asthma which occurs when a person has been exposed to certain proteins in the dust associated with a pigeon's feathers over long periods of time, usually several years. [25]
The meat of dove and pigeon gamebirds hunted primarily for sport is rarely called "squab". [4] The practice of domesticating pigeons as livestock may have originated in North Africa; historically, many societies have consumed squabs or pigeons, including ancient Egypt (still common in modern Egypt), Rome, China, India (Northeast), [6] and ...
A war pigeon at Signal Pigeon Center Tidworth (UK), United States Army Pigeon Service. The United States Army Pigeon Service (a.k.a. Signal Pigeon Corps) was a unit of the United States Army during World War I and World War II. Their assignment was the training and usage of homing pigeons for communication and reconnaissance purposes. [1]
Utility pigeons are domesticated pigeons bred to be a source of meat called squab. Squabs have been used as a food in many nations for centuries. [1] They were bred to breed and grow quickly. [2] Because they are bred for squab production, conformation to a show standard is usually deemed unimportant.
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The word "poultry" comes from Middle English pultry or pultrie, itself derived from Old French/Norman word pouletrie. [7] The term for an immature poultry, pullet, like its doublet poult, [8] comes from Middle English pulet and Old French polet, both from the Latin word pullus, meaning a young fowl or young animal.
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