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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. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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