Trends in Animal Agriculture Flashcards
plays a vital role in the Philippines, providing essential food products like meat, dairy, and eggs, while also supporting many livelihoods.
Animal agriculture
a serious disease that affects pigs. It is caused by a virus and can make pigs very sick or kill them.
African Swine Fever (ASF)
a viral infection that primarily affects birds, including chickens, ducks, and turkeys.
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
a highly contagious viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats.
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD)
a contagious viral disease that affects poultry, including chickens, ducks, and turkeys. I
Newcastle Disease
a serious disease that affects pigs, causing symptoms like fever, skin rashes, and sometimes death.
Classical Swine Fever (CSF)
a serious viral disease that affects animals like cattle, goats, and sheep, which is usually transmitted through bites from infected animals.
Rabies in Livestock
several new technologies are being adopted to boost growth in animal agriculture like:
- Automated Feeding and Monitoring Systems
- Genetic Improvements
- Biosecurity Measures
- Water Recycling and Waste Management
- Mobile Apps and Digital Platforms
- Aquaculture Technologies
7.Vertical and Indoor Farming
What are key parts of Filipino meals, making livestock and poultry vital industries in the Philippines.
Chicken and pork
In the first quarter of 2024, livestock and poultry made up about how many percentage of the country’s agricultural output?
30%
Its production was valued at P59.46 billion, while poultry was worth P68.76 billion.
Livestock
Livestock production was valued at P59.46 billion, while ? was worth P68.76 billion.
poultry
Consumers are increasingly opting for ?, because of health concerns, which means people are changing what and how much meat they eat
lean meats and organic products
The growing interest in ? may influence future consumption patterns and impact how animal products are produced and marketed.
plant-based alternatives
They are using new technologies and better methods to produce more food without harming the environment.
Farmers
is transforming animal agriculture by applying advanced technologies to improve the efficiency, health, and sustainability of farming practices. This field involves using scientific methods to enhance livestock breeding, manage diseases, and optimize production.
Biotechnology
Various biotechnology methods are used in improving the breeding stock of animals
Genetic Improvement
Various biotechnology methods are used in improving the breeding stock of animals. These include:
artificial insemination (AI), embryo transfer (ET), in-vitro fertilization (IVF)
It is a technology that improves animal breeds by placing sperm from a top-quality male directly into a female without natural mating. It helps prevent the spread of diseases, saves money by reducing the need for many breeding males, makes it easier to track pedigrees, and introduces better genetics affordably
Artificial Insemination
Advanced techniques such as ? further enhance AI’s effectiveness, allowing farmers to create healthier and better livestock more efficiently.
freezing semen and sperm sexing
In cases where other artificial reproductive techniques don’t work—such as when there are issues like blocked reproductive systems, non-responsive ovaries, poor semen quality, or disease—what fertilization technique is used
in vitro fertilization (IVF)
involves fertilizing the sperm and egg outside the animal’s body under controlled conditions.
IVF
involves moving embryos from a superior female to a surrogate mother, allowing the production of multiple offspring from a high-quality female.
Embryo transfer (ET)
The process includes hormonally stimulating the donor to produce multiple eggs, fertilizing them, and then transferring the embryos into the surrogate mother’s uterus.
Embryo transfer (ET)
is a method where the nucleus (DNA) from a somatic cell is placed into an egg cell with its nucleus removed to create a new individual that is genetically identical to the original cell donor.
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)
allows for cloning of animals with superior traits and helps study how genes interact with their environment or test transgenic animals.
SCNT
refers to using advanced technologies and methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases in animals.
Disease management
Improved diagnostic abilities enable earlier and more specific treatment of diseases, allowing affected animals to be isolated sooner and reducing the risk of infection to the rest of the herd.
Diagnostic Test
Improved immunization in animals focuses on preventing diseases rather than just controlling them, reducing the need for drugs.
Animal Immunization
That are designed to enhance or control the immune responses of animals. While this can improve disease resistance, it may not address broader welfare concerns.
Immune System Regulators
This include advanced drugs that target a wider range of pathogens or are more effective against resistant bacteria. Despite their effectiveness in preventing and treating disease, they may not fully address the overall welfare of animals in intensive production environments.
New Antibiotics
refers to the use of biotechnological methods and innovations to create solutions that promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
Sustainability
Enhance feed efficiency and reduce waste, contributing to sustainable farming practices.
Automated Feeders
Improve animal health and prevent disease outbreaks, supporting sustainable animal welfare.
Monitoring Sensors
Convert waste into energy, supporting sustainability by reducing environmental impact and costs.
Biogas Systems
Conserves water and minimizes pollution, contributing to more sustainable farm operations.
Water Recycling
Help farmers manage operations more efficiently and make informed decisions, promoting sustainable practices.
Farming Apps
Facilitate better market access and pricing, contributing to economic sustainability for farmers.
Online Marketplaces
Reduce water use and improve sustainability in fish farming.
Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS)
refers to the quality of life experienced by an animal and encompasses how well the animal is coping with his or her current situation and surroundings.
Animal welfare
What are the Five Domains of animal welfare?
- nutrition
- environment
- health
- behavior
- mental state
factors that involve the animal’s access to sufficient, balanced, varied, and clean food and water.
Nutrition
factors that enable comfort through temperature, substrate, space, air, odor, noise, and predictability.
Environment
factors that enable good health through the absence of disease, injury, impairment with a good fitness level.
Health
factors that provide varied, novel, and engaging environmental challenges through sensory inputs, exploration, foraging, bonding, playing, retreating, and others.
Behavior
of the animal should benefit from predominantly positive states, such as pleasure, comfort, or vitality while reducing negative states such as fear, frustration, hunger, pain, or boredom.
mental state
