They are brought in for the gavage, which is when they were shown on the video.    From Wordnik.com.  [How foie gras is made | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

To animal welfare groups, the obscenity of force-feeding, known by the French word gavage, is self-evident.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is foie gras evil?] Reference

The 'gavage' accentuates the process, fattening ducks for a 12 to 15 day period, and geese for about 15 to 18 days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brad Haskel: Foie Gras: Something to Think About] Reference

What appears to be a gruesome act of quickly putting a tube down the duck or goose's throat known as 'gavage', does not cause damage to the animal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brad Haskel: Foie Gras: Something to Think About] Reference

Association inspected farms in 2005 and then voted against a resolution condemning "gavage,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Marchant: First report of gavage feedings for infants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thursday Thirteen # 32: a history lesson « Adventures in Juggling] Reference

I visited Hudson Valley Foie Gras recently, seeing gavage for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foie gras, c’est moi? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

I visited Hudson Valley Foie Gras last week, seeing gavage for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is foie gras evil?] Reference

– I figured the report had to have been, if anything, hedged toward the anti-gavage.    From Wordnik.com.  [How foie gras is made | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Nye, “Transitioning premature infants from gavage to breast,” Neonatal Netw, 27(1) (2008): 7-13; A.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference

Here chronic obesity starts with the tradition of gavage — the force-feeding of girls from seven years old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Take That Anti-War Liberals!] Reference

To animal welfare groups, the obscenity of force-feeding, known by the French word “gavage,” is self-evident.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foie gras, c’est moi? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

Likewise, foie gras opponents recognize that gavage is a much smaller ethical issue than, say, battery cages used for egg-laying hens.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Moved My Skull and Crossbones?] Reference

For 12 to 21 days, up to 2 pounds of grain and fat is forced down ducks and geese 'throats every day by a feeding tube, a process known as gavage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philly Should Say Au Revoir to Foie Gras] Reference

Gabriel apparently has actually visited Hudson Valley and has been present during the gavage feeding to which the geese apparently eagerly run up to the feeder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foie Gras challenge] Reference

To understand gavage, they say, is to accept it – as they insist poultry researchers have, after examining birds for signs of undue suffering during gavage and finding none.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foie gras, c’est moi? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

It was self-gavage, forced only by the temptation on the plate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

The treated mice were given 12.5 mg. / kg. quercetin by oral gavage daily in 200 ul. of Tang.    From Wordnik.com.  [To The Point News Syndicated] Reference

On days 0 and 14, groups of BALB/c mice were intragastrically immunized by gavage needle with.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The duck's health is slowly improving after receiving electrolytes, antibiotics and gavage feedings.    From Wordnik.com.  [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference

Mice at 8 weeks of age were treated with a single gavage administration of vehicle or dh404 (50 mg/kg).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

When his latching problem continued I was told he could either be force fed with a bottle or gavage fed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adoption Blogs] Reference

The rats received the extract by gavage from days 0 to 5 of pregnancy (preimplantation period) or 6 to 15.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Twelve adult male Wistar rats were treated with rosiglitazone (5mg/kg) administered by gavage for 15 days.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Foie gras (say it "fwah GRAH") is the engorged liver of a duck or goose force-fed by a process called gavage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philly.com - Latest Videos] Reference

Mice were administered FITC-dextran by gavage, and fluorescence was quantified in the serum 4 h after administration.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Foie gras (French for "fat liver") is the liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by gavage (force-feeding).    From Wordnik.com.  [FAZED] Reference

1. to force-feed; to fill up (with) ... and in English there is the noun "gavage" (gah-vazh) -- a feeding for someone who will not or cannot eat.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Word-A-Day:] Reference

When they're stable and ready to begin feedings, they're given a nasal gavage (NG) tube that goes directly from their nose to their stomach and food is pushed through.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mother in Israel] Reference

Frequently served as pâté or sliced and pan-seared, foie gras is made from the liver of ducks who have been force-fed through a tube, a grisly process known as gavage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foreign Policy] Reference

This fattening is typically achieved through gavage (force-feeding) corn, according to French law, though outside of France it is occasionally produced using natural feeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference

gavage in, gavage out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gavage.] Reference

Ducks are not harmed by gavage!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Ruhlman] Reference

To animal-rights activists, gavage is cruel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philly.com - Latest Videos] Reference