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
