Animal Housing Flashcards
Uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land are being farmed
Extensive farming
Higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area
Intensive farming
Different types of physical constructions that are put up in a farm for the purpose of livestock and crop production
Farm structures
Help increase efficiency of agricultural production
Farm structures
_____ normally live in herds but when giving birth, attempt to find a quiet, sheltered place away from the disturbance of others
Cattle
_____ spend considerable time in selection of a nest, which is on the ground
Hens
_____ are nest-builders and should be transferred to clean farrowing pens one to two weeks before giving birth, and given some bedding with which they can build a nest
Sows
Estrus, especially in _____, is sincreased by the smell, sight, and physical presence of a boar
Gilts
_____ prefer to be able to see while drinking
Cattle
_____ are vigilant and tight flocking, respond to disturbances by fleeing
Sheep
Balancing internal heat production and heat loss to the environment
Heat regulation
Acts as a body thermostat by stimulating mechanisms to counteract either high or low temperatures
Hypothalamus
Are more likely to suffer from heat stress in a hot climate
High-yielding animals
Feeding fiber-rich, low-digestible feedstuffs will result in _____
High-heat production
No change in phase [heat]
Sensible heat
Change in phase [heat]
Latent heat
A mean daily temperature in the range 10-20C
Comfort zone
_____ is much more sensitive to its thermal environment and requires higher teemperatures
Very young animals
_____ do not have sweat glands
Poultry
Excessively low humidity in the air will cause _____
Irritation of the mucus membranes
Excessively high humidity may promote _____ and
Growth of fungus infection and decay
Humidity should be kept in the range of _____
40-80%
_____ hair coat will absorb less radiant energy than a _____ one, but heat penetrates into a _____, loose coat
White, dark, white
The optimal ambient temperature for pigs weighing 75-120kg is ____
15C
_____ can tolerate a wide range of temperatures but should be protected from wind and rain
Sheep
Control the bad effect of environmental factors to provide comfort condition to the animals
Environmental controlled house
One of the major expenses in a farm
Labor control
Residential building meant for the person working in the farm
Farm house / homestead
Meant for housing the livestock
Farm buildings / farmstead
Meant for storage of feed materials as well as other farm products
Farm store
Basic structure to be put up in any construction work
Foundation
The broad base of the foundation wall designed to carry the load without settlement
Footing
The supporting structures built above the foundation to enclose the buildings
Walls
Provided for he purpose of protecting animals from the hot sun and rain; also protects the internal sructures
Roof
Simple roof with single slope adopted for shed type of buildings
Lean to type roof
Roof ventilation cannot be provided
Lean to type roof
Coupled roof with two slopes
Gable roof
Suitable for tropical buildings and it serves the purpose of ventilating and lighting the buiilding
Monitor type roof
Has 2 slopes but one overlap the other at the ridge of roof with ventilating gap of 1 feet
Semi monitor roof
An arched roof providing greater roof space used for store houses
Gothic arch
Roof type used to storage of feed
Gothic arch
The amount of time between the birth of a calf and the birth of a subsequent calf, both from the same cow
Calving interval
Meat from mature cattle
Beef
Feed mass; quantity of feed masticated and ready to be swallowed
Bolus
Sexually mature, intact, male bovine
Bull
Young bull grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steer and heifers
Bullock
A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year
Calf
Prefix connected to sex, class and meat of carabao
Cara
Philippine water buffalo or swamp buffalo
Carabao
Meat of carabao above two years of age
Carabeef
Breeding male of carabao of any age
Carabull
Young male or female carabao under one year of age
Caracalf