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gizzard

the muscular stomach of the bird, separated from the more cranial proventriculus or glandular stomach by a constriction. Called also ventriculus.

green gizzard

gizzard stained by a dye used in feed wheat that makes it unsaleable as human food.

gizzard impaction

can cause heavy mortality in young turkey poults; the gizzard is impacted with fibrous material, thought due to eating litter.

gizzard myopathy

occurs as part of a vitamin E-selenium nutritional deficiency.

gizzard strongyles

see amidostomumanseris.

gizzard worms

Habronema incertum causes sudden death or chronic watery diarrhea in companion birds.

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