blocking the mouth with a piece of cotton to prevent liquids from flowing out   positioning bird on dissection board
     

 

making a 4-cm longitudinal cut in the abdominal section of the bird

    taking the dimensions of the bird  neck, chest, feet and coccyx
     
 
dislocating the arm bone at the shoulder joint   the thigh bone is separated from the leg at the knee

 

 

 

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