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Agriculture · Q261

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 261

Q261

World's No. 1 egg producer

A.
New Hemisphere
B.
Leghorn
Answer
C.
English class
D.
Rhode Island Red

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
World's No. 1 egg producer is Leghorn.
The Leghorn is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Leghorns are good layers of white eggs, laying an average of 280 per year and sometimes reaching 300 - 320, with a weight of at least 55 g.
White Leghorns have been used to create highly productive egg-laying hybrids for commercial and industrial operations.