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What is a blackhead?

What is a blackhead? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
  2. A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
  3. A scaup: a kind of duck.
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If the plug enlarges and is on the surface of the skin, exposed to the air, it is called an open comedo, or blackhead.
Nifursol is the last histomonostat still to be permitted in the EU for use as an additive in poultry feed to prevent blackhead disease.
However, blackhead can be efficiently controlled through good management and biosecurity practices.
When this ban comes into force on 31 March, there will, for example, be a crisis in the treatments used to combat blackhead disease in turkeys.
The black color of a blackhead is not caused by dirt, but by cells and oil in the follicle when they are oxidized by oxygen in the air.
Meanwhile, this beauty equipment is also suitable for removing blackhead and acne.

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