sexing
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Sexing or gender identification is the process of determining the sex of an individual animal. Through sexing, biologists and agricultural workers determine the sex of livestock and other animals they work with. The specialized trade of chick sexing has a particular importance in the poultry industry.
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- test
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- different from
- sexting
- class of object(s) of occurrence
- livestock
- Commons category
- Animals by gender
- facet of
- animal husbandry
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Sexing or gender identification is the process of determining the sex of an individual animal. Through sexing, biologists and agricultural workers determine the sex of livestock and other animals they work with. The specialized trade of chick sexing has a particular importance in the poultry industry.
The sex of mammals can often be determined using sexually dimorphic characteristics. Assisted physical sexing is relevant in vertebrates with cloacae (e.g. birds, reptiles or amphibians) when there is no external sexual dimorphism. In veterinary practice, fibroscopy is used under general anaesthesia in birds such as parrots.
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