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Animal Housing Flashcards

1
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Uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land are being farmed

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Extensive farming

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2
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Higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area

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Intensive farming

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Different types of physical constructions that are put up in a farm for the purpose of livestock and crop production

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Farm structures

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4
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Help increase efficiency of agricultural production

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Farm structures

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5
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_____ normally live in herds but when giving birth, attempt to find a quiet, sheltered place away from the disturbance of others

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Cattle

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_____ spend considerable time in selection of a nest, which is on the ground

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Hens

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7
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_____ 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

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Sows

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8
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Estrus, especially in _____, is sincreased by the smell, sight, and physical presence of a boar

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Gilts

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9
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_____ prefer to be able to see while drinking

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Cattle

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10
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_____ are vigilant and tight flocking, respond to disturbances by fleeing

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Sheep

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11
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Balancing internal heat production and heat loss to the environment

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Heat regulation

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12
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Acts as a body thermostat by stimulating mechanisms to counteract either high or low temperatures

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Hypothalamus

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13
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Are more likely to suffer from heat stress in a hot climate

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High-yielding animals

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14
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Feeding fiber-rich, low-digestible feedstuffs will result in _____

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High-heat production

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15
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No change in phase [heat]

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Sensible heat

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16
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Change in phase [heat]

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Latent heat

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17
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A mean daily temperature in the range 10-20C

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Comfort zone

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18
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_____ is much more sensitive to its thermal environment and requires higher teemperatures

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Very young animals

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19
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_____ do not have sweat glands

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Poultry

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20
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Excessively low humidity in the air will cause _____

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Irritation of the mucus membranes

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21
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Excessively high humidity may promote _____ and

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Growth of fungus infection and decay

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22
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Humidity should be kept in the range of _____

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40-80%

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23
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_____ hair coat will absorb less radiant energy than a _____ one, but heat penetrates into a _____, loose coat

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White, dark, white

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24
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The optimal ambient temperature for pigs weighing 75-120kg is ____

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15C

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25
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_____ can tolerate a wide range of temperatures but should be protected from wind and rain

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Sheep

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26
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Control the bad effect of environmental factors to provide comfort condition to the animals

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Environmental controlled house

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27
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One of the major expenses in a farm

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Labor control

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28
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Residential building meant for the person working in the farm

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Farm house / homestead

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29
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Meant for housing the livestock

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Farm buildings / farmstead

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30
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Meant for storage of feed materials as well as other farm products

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Farm store

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31
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Basic structure to be put up in any construction work

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Foundation

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32
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The broad base of the foundation wall designed to carry the load without settlement

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Footing

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33
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The supporting structures built above the foundation to enclose the buildings

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Walls

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34
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Provided for he purpose of protecting animals from the hot sun and rain; also protects the internal sructures

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Roof

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35
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Simple roof with single slope adopted for shed type of buildings

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Lean to type roof

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36
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Roof ventilation cannot be provided

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Lean to type roof

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37
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Coupled roof with two slopes

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Gable roof

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38
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Suitable for tropical buildings and it serves the purpose of ventilating and lighting the buiilding

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Monitor type roof

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39
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Has 2 slopes but one overlap the other at the ridge of roof with ventilating gap of 1 feet

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Semi monitor roof

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40
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An arched roof providing greater roof space used for store houses

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Gothic arch

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41
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Roof type used to storage of feed

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Gothic arch

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42
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The amount of time between the birth of a calf and the birth of a subsequent calf, both from the same cow

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Calving interval

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43
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Meat from mature cattle

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Beef

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44
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Feed mass; quantity of feed masticated and ready to be swallowed

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Bolus

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45
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Sexually mature, intact, male bovine

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Bull

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46
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Young bull grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steer and heifers

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Bullock

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47
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A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year

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Calf

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48
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Prefix connected to sex, class and meat of carabao

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Cara

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49
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Philippine water buffalo or swamp buffalo

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Carabao

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50
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Meat of carabao above two years of age

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Carabeef

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51
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Breeding male of carabao of any age

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Carabull

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52
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Young male or female carabao under one year of age

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Caracalf

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53
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Mature female carabao that has already dropped a calf

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Caracow

54
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Female carabao below two years of age which is usually ready for market

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Caraheifer

55
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General term for any class of animals belonging the bovine family

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Cattle

56
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Female bovine, usually after first pregnancy and parturition

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Cow

57
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Steers of dairy breeds grown and finished the same way as beef

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Dairy beef

58
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Animals that are used for work

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Draft animal

59
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Sexually mature female cattle that have not yet calved

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Heifer

60
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Large group of animals that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock

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Herd

61
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The entire foot of the animals that has a horny covering

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Hoof

62
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Naturally hornless

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Polled

63
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An animal with a functional rumen in the stomach, plus three other compartments; cud chewing animals

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Ruminant

64
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Meat of a young cattle

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Veal

65
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Sexually mature male goat, deer, or rabbit

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Buck

66
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Meat of goat

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Chevon

67
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Mature female goat, deer, or rabbit that has already given birth

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Doe

68
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Ready-to-breed female goat which have not yet kidded

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Doeling

69
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Mature female sheep

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Ewe

70
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A young goat of either sex

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Kid

71
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The act of giving birth in goats

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Kidding

72
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Young sheep

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Lamb

73
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Mature male sheep

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Ram

74
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Straw, sawdust, shavings, or other bedding material is periodically placed in the resting area so that a mixture of bedding and manure build up in a thick layer

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Deep-bedded sheds

75
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A system where animals are kept loose except milking ad the time of treatment

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Loose housing with free stalls

76
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Animals are allowed to move freely and have free access over the whole area of the building or pen

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Loose housing with free stalls

77
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Allow the cow free head movement while lying down as well as standing up

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Tie-stall sheds

78
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The gate is designed so that the bull cannot lift it off its hinges, and there should be at least two exits where the herd worker can escape

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Bull pens

79
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Is the simplest and least expensive to install, but the milk must be carried by hand to the cooler

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Bucket milking machine

80
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Transports the milk through a pipe direct from the cow’s udder to the milk cooler

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Pipeline milking

81
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These sheds shall be used a maternity rooms for pregnant ewe or doe and are housed individually in these sheds

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Lambing / kidding shed

82
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Kept for breeding purpose are housed individually in these sheds

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Rams / bucks shed

83
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Any male pig castrated before sexual maturity

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Barrow

84
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Any sexually mature, intact (uncastrated) male pig

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Boar

85
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Removal or permanent alteration of the testicles of a male animal

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Castration

86
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The act of delivery or giving birth in swine

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Farrowing

87
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Any sexually mature female pig which has not yet bred and has not yet given birth

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Gilt

88
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Group of pigs born of a sow

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Litter

89
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General term for pigs by americans and usually refers to all pigs weighing more than 50kg

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Hog

90
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Broad term for a young swine which has not attained sexual maturity

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Pig

91
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Fresh meat or flesh of swine

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Pork

92
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Any sexually mature female pig which has already been bred and given birth

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Sow

93
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General term used to designate all classes/age of pig

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Swine

94
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Used for farrowing and ensuring the safety of piglets

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Farrowing pen

95
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Prevent the sow from lying on the piglets and the heat source to protect the piglets against chilliness

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Farrowing pen

96
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Contains a creep area where only the piglets can access creep feed

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Farrowing pen

97
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Where weaned pigs are kept

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Weaners pen

98
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Where breeding boars are kept

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Boar pen

99
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Used for keeping young female pigs up to the age of service

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Gilts pen

100
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Metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy

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Gestation crate

101
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A young chicken, of either sex, intended for meat production

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Broiler

102
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The tendency of a hen to nest or to behave as if it were incubating eggs

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Broodiness

103
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A male chicken grown for meat, castrated at about 6 weeks of age; distinguished by the underdeveloped comb and wattle

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Capon

104
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Young bird while in the downy stage

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Chick

105
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Sexually mature, intact male chicken with age of one year or older

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Cock

106
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Young male chicken with age of less than one year

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Cockerel

107
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Cottony feather; first hair covering of the chick

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Down

108
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Young of the duck family in the downy state of the plumage

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Duckling

109
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Group of chickens, turkeys, or sheep

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Flock

110
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Term applied to all poultry species, specifically to designate mature domestic cocks and hens

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Fowl

111
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A mature female chicken or turkey

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Hen

112
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The feathers of a fowl

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Plumage

113
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Ovariectomized pullet or layer

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Poulard

114
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Young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished, when they are called cockerels or pullets

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Poult

115
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Collective term for all domestic birds rendering/providing economic benefits to man; dressed carcass of a fowl

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Poultry

116
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Female fowl less than a year old

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Pullet

117
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Meat of pigeon; used for young pigeon that is grown for meat production

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Squab

118
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Used to brood and rear egg-type chicks from 0 to 8 weeks of age

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Brooder / chick house

119
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Used to grow egg-type birds from 9 to 18 weeks of age

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Grower house

120
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Birds are reared from 0 to 18 weeks of age

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Brooders cum grower house

121
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Birds over 18 weeks of age are reared, usually up to 72 weeks of age

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Layer house

122
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Broilers are reared up to 6 weeks of age

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Broiler house

123
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Entire environment is manipulated in such a way that is optimum for the birds growth

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Environmentally controlled house

124
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Birds are kept inside the house all the time

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Deep litter system

125
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Paddy husk, saw dust, ground nut hull, chopped paddy straw or wood shavings are used as litter materials

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Deep litter system

126
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Saves labor involved in frequent cleaning of fecal matter

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Deep litter system

127
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Involves rearing of poultry on raised wire netting floor in smaller compartment

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Cage system

128
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Iron rods or wood reapers are used as floor, usually 2-3 feet above the ground level to facilitate fall of droppings through slats

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Slatted floor system

129
Q

Holding birds more than 11 per cage

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Colony cages

130
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Meat of sheep

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Mutton

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