Animal Housing Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

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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3
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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
Q

Help increase efficiency of agricultural production

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Farm structures

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5
Q

_____ 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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6
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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
Q

_____ 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
Q

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
Q

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

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High-yielding animals

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14
Q

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
Q

Change in phase [heat]

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Latent heat

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17
Q

A mean daily temperature in the range 10-20C

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Comfort zone

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18
Q

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

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Very young animals

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19
Q

_____ do not have sweat glands

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Poultry

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20
Q

Excessively low humidity in the air will cause _____

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Irritation of the mucus membranes

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21
Q

Excessively high humidity may promote _____ and

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Growth of fungus infection and decay

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22
Q

Humidity should be kept in the range of _____

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40-80%

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23
Q

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

A

White, dark, white

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24
Q

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

A

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

A

Environmental controlled house

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27
Q

One of the major expenses in a farm

A

Labor control

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28
Q

Residential building meant for the person working in the farm

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Farm house / homestead

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29
Q

Meant for housing the livestock

A

Farm buildings / farmstead

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30
Q

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

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Farm store

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31
Q

Basic structure to be put up in any construction work

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Foundation

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32
Q

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

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Footing

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33
Q

The supporting structures built above the foundation to enclose the buildings

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Walls

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34
Q

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
Q

Simple roof with single slope adopted for shed type of buildings

A

Lean to type roof

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36
Q

Roof ventilation cannot be provided

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Lean to type roof

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37
Q

Coupled roof with two slopes

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Gable roof

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38
Q

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
Q

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
Q

An arched roof providing greater roof space used for store houses

A

Gothic arch

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41
Q

Roof type used to storage of feed

A

Gothic arch

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42
Q

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
Q

Meat from mature cattle

A

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
Q

Sexually mature, intact, male bovine

A

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
Q

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

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Calf

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48
Q

Prefix connected to sex, class and meat of carabao

A

Cara

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49
Q

Philippine water buffalo or swamp buffalo

A

Carabao

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50
Q

Meat of carabao above two years of age

A

Carabeef

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51
Q

Breeding male of carabao of any age

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Carabull

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52
Q

Young male or female carabao under one year of age

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Caracalf

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53
Q

Mature female carabao that has already dropped a calf

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Caracow

54
Q

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

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Caraheifer

55
Q

General term for any class of animals belonging the bovine family

A

Cattle

56
Q

Female bovine, usually after first pregnancy and parturition

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Cow

57
Q

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

A

Dairy beef

58
Q

Animals that are used for work

A

Draft animal

59
Q

Sexually mature female cattle that have not yet calved

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Heifer

60
Q

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

A

Herd

61
Q

The entire foot of the animals that has a horny covering

A

Hoof

62
Q

Naturally hornless

A

Polled

63
Q

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

A

Ruminant

64
Q

Meat of a young cattle

A

Veal

65
Q

Sexually mature male goat, deer, or rabbit

A

Buck

66
Q

Meat of goat

A

Chevon

67
Q

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

A

Doe

68
Q

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

A

Doeling

69
Q

Mature female sheep

A

Ewe

70
Q

A young goat of either sex

A

Kid

71
Q

The act of giving birth in goats

A

Kidding

72
Q

Young sheep

A

Lamb

73
Q

Mature male sheep

A

Ram

74
Q

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

A

Deep-bedded sheds

75
Q

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

A

Loose housing with free stalls

76
Q

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

A

Loose housing with free stalls

77
Q

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

A

Tie-stall sheds

78
Q

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

A

Bull pens

79
Q

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

A

Bucket milking machine

80
Q

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

A

Pipeline milking

81
Q

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

A

Lambing / kidding shed

82
Q

Kept for breeding purpose are housed individually in these sheds

A

Rams / bucks shed

83
Q

Any male pig castrated before sexual maturity

A

Barrow

84
Q

Any sexually mature, intact (uncastrated) male pig

A

Boar

85
Q

Removal or permanent alteration of the testicles of a male animal

A

Castration

86
Q

The act of delivery or giving birth in swine

A

Farrowing

87
Q

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

A

Gilt

88
Q

Group of pigs born of a sow

A

Litter

89
Q

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

A

Hog

90
Q

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

A

Pig

91
Q

Fresh meat or flesh of swine

A

Pork

92
Q

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

A

Sow

93
Q

General term used to designate all classes/age of pig

A

Swine

94
Q

Used for farrowing and ensuring the safety of piglets

A

Farrowing pen

95
Q

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

A

Farrowing pen

96
Q

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

A

Farrowing pen

97
Q

Where weaned pigs are kept

A

Weaners pen

98
Q

Where breeding boars are kept

A

Boar pen

99
Q

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

A

Gilts pen

100
Q

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

A

Gestation crate

101
Q

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

A

Broiler

102
Q

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

A

Broodiness

103
Q

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

A

Capon

104
Q

Young bird while in the downy stage

A

Chick

105
Q

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

A

Cock

106
Q

Young male chicken with age of less than one year

A

Cockerel

107
Q

Cottony feather; first hair covering of the chick

A

Down

108
Q

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

A

Duckling

109
Q

Group of chickens, turkeys, or sheep

A

Flock

110
Q

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

A

Fowl

111
Q

A mature female chicken or turkey

A

Hen

112
Q

The feathers of a fowl

A

Plumage

113
Q

Ovariectomized pullet or layer

A

Poulard

114
Q

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

A

Poult

115
Q

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

A

Poultry

116
Q

Female fowl less than a year old

A

Pullet

117
Q

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

A

Squab

118
Q

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

A

Brooder / chick house

119
Q

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

A

Grower house

120
Q

Birds are reared from 0 to 18 weeks of age

A

Brooders cum grower house

121
Q

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

A

Layer house

122
Q

Broilers are reared up to 6 weeks of age

A

Broiler house

123
Q

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

A

Environmentally controlled house

124
Q

Birds are kept inside the house all the time

A

Deep litter system

125
Q

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

A

Deep litter system

126
Q

Saves labor involved in frequent cleaning of fecal matter

A

Deep litter system

127
Q

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

A

Cage system

128
Q

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

A

Slatted floor system

129
Q

Holding birds more than 11 per cage

A

Colony cages

130
Q

Meat of sheep

A

Mutton