Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of harvesting animal products such as meat, eggs or feathers. The practice of raising poultry is known as poultry farming. These birds are
Poultry of the world (c. 1868)
Cock with comb and wattles
Roman mosaic depicting a cockfight
Meat is animal tissue, mostly muscle, that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and farmed other animals for meat since prehistory. The Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of vertebrates, i
Raw meat (clockwise from left): chicken, beef, bacon, pork chops
A Hereford bull, a breed of beef cattle
Supermarket meat, North America