ani sci pre test Flashcards
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Animals ability to communicate with each other
social behavior
done for attainment of comfort
body care behavior
also known as anomalous behavior, behavioral abnormalities repeated
abnormal behavior
a type of associative learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment
Operant Conditioning
An activity or action that helps an organism survive in its
environment.
BEHAVIOR
is any change in the
environment that affects the activity of an
organism or what causes an animal to act in
a certain way.
stimulus
behavior that’s genetically hardwired in an organism and can be
performed in response to a cue without prior experience.
Innate
Behavior
The seasonal
movement of animals
from one place to
another. This behavior
allows the animals to
take advantage of
resources like food or
water when they run
low in another location.
Migration
Top producing country for pigs worldwide 2022
china
The operator should approach the
sow from behind and rub her sides and thigh.
✔Haunch-Pressure test:
place where young chicks / ducklings are cared for after
hatching until they have grown to a point where they no longer need
additional heat.
brooder
act of laying egg
oviposition
This is the preferred mating system. The operator
checks for heat and takes the female in heat to the
boar.
▪Hand Mating
the removal of primary sex organ of the male is done when the pigs are about two weeks from birth or earlier.
castration
this is a system
of raising poultry where
the birds are provided w/
shed or housing & all
area to graze or pasture.
Semi-confinement
system –
Majority of hens lay their eggs between
10:00 am- 2:00pm
should be applied only after the building and equipment have been thoroughly cleaned ideally right after rinsing, Disenfectants can be applied by sprays, aerosois, or fumigation.
disinfecting
Two groups of broilers are being kept in the farm.
two stage operation
Operation starts with pregnant sow to produce pigs weanlings which are
sold to other raisers who grows then until the marketable weight is
achieved.
FARROW TO FEEDER OPERATION.
Operation also starts with a pregnant sow to produce the breeders
stocks , specifically junior boars and replacement gilts.
FARROW TO FINISH OPERATION.
true or false
starts as soon as the chicks are placed in the brooder area where
heat is supplied until the chicks grown to the point where they no longer need
additional heat to keep them comfortable.
true
true or false
The junior boar can serve 20 gilts or sow per month, while senior boar can serve 30
True
true or false
cutting the teenth of the piglets will avoid injuries to one another and sow’s udder resulting to her refusal to feed the piglets. These injuries may serve as point entry of disease causing organism
True
true or false
the period from weaning to a slaughter weight of about 80-100 kilograms is generally reffered to as the growing finishing stage in the life of a pig.
true. growing finishing enterprise
