Animal Housing Flashcards
(130 cards)
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Uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land are being farmed
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Extensive farming
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Higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area
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Intensive farming
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
4
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Help increase efficiency of agricultural production
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Farm structures
5
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_____ 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
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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_____ 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
8
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Estrus, especially in _____, is sincreased by the smell, sight, and physical presence of a boar
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Gilts
9
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_____ prefer to be able to see while drinking
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Cattle
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_____ are vigilant and tight flocking, respond to disturbances by fleeing
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Sheep
11
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Balancing internal heat production and heat loss to the environment
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Heat regulation
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
13
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Are more likely to suffer from heat stress in a hot climate
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High-yielding animals
14
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Feeding fiber-rich, low-digestible feedstuffs will result in _____
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High-heat production
15
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No change in phase [heat]
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Sensible heat
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Change in phase [heat]
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Latent heat
17
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A mean daily temperature in the range 10-20C
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Comfort zone
18
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_____ is much more sensitive to its thermal environment and requires higher teemperatures
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Very young animals
19
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_____ do not have sweat glands
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Poultry
20
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Excessively low humidity in the air will cause _____
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Irritation of the mucus membranes
21
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Excessively high humidity may promote _____ and
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Growth of fungus infection and decay
22
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Humidity should be kept in the range of _____
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40-80%
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_____ hair coat will absorb less radiant energy than a _____ one, but heat penetrates into a _____, loose coat
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White, dark, white
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The optimal ambient temperature for pigs weighing 75-120kg is ____
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15C
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_____ can tolerate a wide range of temperatures but should be protected from wind and rain
Sheep
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Control the bad effect of environmental factors to provide comfort condition to the animals
Environmental controlled house
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One of the major expenses in a farm
Labor control
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Residential building meant for the person working in the farm
Farm house / homestead
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Meant for housing the livestock
Farm buildings / farmstead
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Meant for storage of feed materials as well as other farm products
Farm store
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Basic structure to be put up in any construction work
Foundation
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The broad base of the foundation wall designed to carry the load without settlement
Footing
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The supporting structures built above the foundation to enclose the buildings
Walls
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Provided for he purpose of protecting animals from the hot sun and rain; also protects the internal sructures
Roof
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Simple roof with single slope adopted for shed type of buildings
Lean to type roof
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Roof ventilation cannot be provided
Lean to type roof
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Coupled roof with two slopes
Gable roof
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Suitable for tropical buildings and it serves the purpose of ventilating and lighting the buiilding
Monitor type roof
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Has 2 slopes but one overlap the other at the ridge of roof with ventilating gap of 1 feet
Semi monitor roof
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An arched roof providing greater roof space used for store houses
Gothic arch
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Roof type used to storage of feed
Gothic arch
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The amount of time between the birth of a calf and the birth of a subsequent calf, both from the same cow
Calving interval
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Meat from mature cattle
Beef
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Feed mass; quantity of feed masticated and ready to be swallowed
Bolus
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Sexually mature, intact, male bovine
Bull
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Young bull grown and fattened in a similar manner to beef steer and heifers
Bullock
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A young bovine animal, especially a domestic cow or bull in its first year
Calf
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Prefix connected to sex, class and meat of carabao
Cara
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Philippine water buffalo or swamp buffalo
Carabao
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Meat of carabao above two years of age
Carabeef
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Breeding male of carabao of any age
Carabull
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Young male or female carabao under one year of age
Caracalf
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Mature female carabao that has already dropped a calf
Caracow
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Female carabao below two years of age which is usually ready for market
Caraheifer
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General term for any class of animals belonging the bovine family
Cattle
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Female bovine, usually after first pregnancy and parturition
Cow
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Steers of dairy breeds grown and finished the same way as beef
Dairy beef
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Animals that are used for work
Draft animal
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Sexually mature female cattle that have not yet calved
Heifer
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Large group of animals that live, feed, or migrate together or are kept together as livestock
Herd
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The entire foot of the animals that has a horny covering
Hoof
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Naturally hornless
Polled
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An animal with a functional rumen in the stomach, plus three other compartments; cud chewing animals
Ruminant
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Meat of a young cattle
Veal
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Sexually mature male goat, deer, or rabbit
Buck
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Meat of goat
Chevon
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Mature female goat, deer, or rabbit that has already given birth
Doe
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Ready-to-breed female goat which have not yet kidded
Doeling
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Mature female sheep
Ewe
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A young goat of either sex
Kid
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The act of giving birth in goats
Kidding
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Young sheep
Lamb
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Mature male sheep
Ram
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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
Deep-bedded sheds
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A system where animals are kept loose except milking ad the time of treatment
Loose housing with free stalls
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Animals are allowed to move freely and have free access over the whole area of the building or pen
Loose housing with free stalls
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Allow the cow free head movement while lying down as well as standing up
Tie-stall sheds
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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
Bull pens
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Is the simplest and least expensive to install, but the milk must be carried by hand to the cooler
Bucket milking machine
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Transports the milk through a pipe direct from the cow’s udder to the milk cooler
Pipeline milking
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These sheds shall be used a maternity rooms for pregnant ewe or doe and are housed individually in these sheds
Lambing / kidding shed
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Kept for breeding purpose are housed individually in these sheds
Rams / bucks shed
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Any male pig castrated before sexual maturity
Barrow
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Any sexually mature, intact (uncastrated) male pig
Boar
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Removal or permanent alteration of the testicles of a male animal
Castration
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The act of delivery or giving birth in swine
Farrowing
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Any sexually mature female pig which has not yet bred and has not yet given birth
Gilt
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Group of pigs born of a sow
Litter
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General term for pigs by americans and usually refers to all pigs weighing more than 50kg
Hog
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Broad term for a young swine which has not attained sexual maturity
Pig
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Fresh meat or flesh of swine
Pork
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Any sexually mature female pig which has already been bred and given birth
Sow
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General term used to designate all classes/age of pig
Swine
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Used for farrowing and ensuring the safety of piglets
Farrowing pen
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Prevent the sow from lying on the piglets and the heat source to protect the piglets against chilliness
Farrowing pen
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Contains a creep area where only the piglets can access creep feed
Farrowing pen
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Where weaned pigs are kept
Weaners pen
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Where breeding boars are kept
Boar pen
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Used for keeping young female pigs up to the age of service
Gilts pen
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Metal enclosure in which a farmed sow used for breeding may be kept during pregnancy
Gestation crate
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A young chicken, of either sex, intended for meat production
Broiler
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The tendency of a hen to nest or to behave as if it were incubating eggs
Broodiness
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A male chicken grown for meat, castrated at about 6 weeks of age; distinguished by the underdeveloped comb and wattle
Capon
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Young bird while in the downy stage
Chick
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Sexually mature, intact male chicken with age of one year or older
Cock
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Young male chicken with age of less than one year
Cockerel
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Cottony feather; first hair covering of the chick
Down
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Young of the duck family in the downy state of the plumage
Duckling
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Group of chickens, turkeys, or sheep
Flock
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Term applied to all poultry species, specifically to designate mature domestic cocks and hens
Fowl
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A mature female chicken or turkey
Hen
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The feathers of a fowl
Plumage
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Ovariectomized pullet or layer
Poulard
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Young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until sex can be distinguished, when they are called cockerels or pullets
Poult
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Collective term for all domestic birds rendering/providing economic benefits to man; dressed carcass of a fowl
Poultry
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Female fowl less than a year old
Pullet
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Meat of pigeon; used for young pigeon that is grown for meat production
Squab
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Used to brood and rear egg-type chicks from 0 to 8 weeks of age
Brooder / chick house
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Used to grow egg-type birds from 9 to 18 weeks of age
Grower house
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Birds are reared from 0 to 18 weeks of age
Brooders cum grower house
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Birds over 18 weeks of age are reared, usually up to 72 weeks of age
Layer house
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Broilers are reared up to 6 weeks of age
Broiler house
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Entire environment is manipulated in such a way that is optimum for the birds growth
Environmentally controlled house
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Birds are kept inside the house all the time
Deep litter system
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Paddy husk, saw dust, ground nut hull, chopped paddy straw or wood shavings are used as litter materials
Deep litter system
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Saves labor involved in frequent cleaning of fecal matter
Deep litter system
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Involves rearing of poultry on raised wire netting floor in smaller compartment
Cage system
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Iron rods or wood reapers are used as floor, usually 2-3 feet above the ground level to facilitate fall of droppings through slats
Slatted floor system
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Holding birds more than 11 per cage
Colony cages
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Meat of sheep
Mutton
