These migratory waterfowl are also said to be ideal for gavage because of their natural ability to gain large amounts of weight in short periods of time before cold seasons.
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The whole idea of force-feeding ducks corn to fatten their livers, a technique called gavage, was brought to France by the Romans, who used figs for fattening.
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Or, cette nourriture, pourtant assez copieuse, semble n'�tre qu'un simple en-cas car les oiseaux sont soumis au gavage, tout comme les bSufs.
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Another cultural practice, also illegal, is that of " gavage " regionally called " leblouh " or force feeding adolescent girls over extended periods of time.
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A forlorn flock of ducks sat in a near empty barn patiently awaiting the " gavage, " the force-feeding which comes at the end of a short but pampered life.
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Gavage-based foie gras production is controversial, due mainly to the animal welfare concerns about force-feeding, intensive housing and husbandry, and enlarging the liver to 10 times its usual volume.
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The ( the dose that will kill 50 % of a population ) in rats is generally accepted to be 11.9 grams per kilogram of body weight when given by forced gavage ( orally ).
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You are only saying that " one " ( such as yourself ) could use archaic or colloquial uses of the word " gavage " to give it another meaning than what it means in these contexts.
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:: Maybe the intro should then have a line that says that " foie gras refers to the livers of ducks and geese fattened by gavage ", and have the rest of the paragraph in the physiology section?
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"' My proposition for the intro "': " The name " foie gras " refers to the liver of birds fattened by gavage, which induces an extraphysiological accumulation of fat in the liver called fatty liver.
