Introduction to Poultry Flashcards
advantages of poultry over other industries
- no cultural restrictions
- shorter prod cycle
- high reprod rate
- lower prod cost
- convenience on preparation
hatching takes about __ days
21 days
production system is categorized based on
- level of inputs
- operations
- scale of production
poultry production system - level of inputs (enum)
- intensive
- extensive
poultry production system - level of inputs
use of sophisticated housing system
intensive
poultry production system - level of inputs
free ranging
extensive
for broiler prod, a small hold farm raises ___ birds and below
500
commercial broiler farms raises 10,001 birds and above
true or false
true
chicken (native/improved), layer, and, duck
small hold : ___ and below
semi-commercial:
commercial : ___ and above
small hold : 250 and below
semi-commercial: in between the two
commercial : 5,001 and above
commercial poultry farm operations
- broiler
- layer
- breeder
- hatchery
- native chicken and duck
- game fowl
supporting industries in the poultry production
- feed milling companies
- transport services
- equipment suppliers
- veterinary suppliers
- processing plants
- packaging industries
- marketing and distribution
poultry has a horizontal integration growing scheme
true or false
false; it’s vertical
top producing region for broiler is CALABARZON
true or false
false; Central Luzon produces the most
number of layer farms in ___________ are the highest
which PH region
CALABARZON
duck farms are most prominent in Central Luzon
true or false
true
top region for native chickens is Western Mindanao
true or false
false; Western Visayas
top 4 world producers of meat
- US
- Brazil
- China
- European Union
top 3 world importers of meat
- China
- Japan
- Mexico
top world consumers of meat
- Israel
- Malaysia
top 4 world exporters of meat
- Brazil
- US
- European Union
- Thailand
top 4 world producers of eggs
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- US
poultry takes account of the 16.74 % of total agricultural production
true or false
true
chicken inventory is about _____ million where 40% are ______ and 60% are ______
200.21 million; native; game fowls
reason why production of meat and egg is concentrated on the regions like Central Luzon and CALABARZON
- closer to market (NCR)
- closer to ports
- both results to less costs
which town is the egg basket of the PH?
san jose, batangas
top producer of duck meat
China
