Chapter I Flashcards
(68 cards)
KINGDOM:
Animalia
Class
Aves (Birds)
SUBPHYLUM
Vertebra
PHYLUM
Chordata
- Orders
Galliformes
Anseriformes
Struthioformes
Columbiformes
Game birds) – don’t have true phallus (copulatory organ), v-shaped breast
Galiformes
have true phallus (copulatory organ), v-shaped breast
Anseriformes
KINGDOM
Animalia
have flat breast
Sthruhioformes
secrete milk
Columbiformes
ECONOMIC SERVICES
- Food
Egg
Meat - Fertilizer (dung)
- Fashion or cushion or cleaning materials (feathers)
- Ornamentals (hobby, pets)
- Sports (cockfighting)
- Pharmaceuticals
nutrition, sanitary, easy to prepare
Egg
1400 B.C – India
- Collect eggs from wild
- Young birds from hatching were reared
DOMESTICATION
1400 B.C – India
Entertainment Purposes
Realization of higher utility
nutrition, universal food, prepared in many ways
Meat
Entertainment Purposes
- Game Birds
Realization of higher utility
- Ability of fast growth
- Egg laying count
- Meat quality and taste
- Plumage color, etc.
Other _______
62.7
Visayas _____
17.2
Mindanao _____
20.1
Central Luzon ___ Other Luzon _____
32.0
20.7
3 MOST POPULAR SPECIES IN THE PHILIPPINES ACCORDING TO ITS RANK
Chicken - Very good source meat and
eggs
Duck - Source of processed egg
(balut, salted egg & century egg)
Quail - Eggs
THE POPULARITY OF POULTRY RAISING COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT:
Fast multipliers
Quick growers
More efficient converters of feed to meat and eggs
INDUSTRY PROBLEM
- CLIMATE
- TRADE OR ECONOMIC POLICIES
- INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
- LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE WHO GO INTO THE BUSINESS OF POULTRY PRODUCTION
- INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FEED GRAINS AND OTHER VITAL INGREDIENTS FOR POULTRY RATIONS. MOST OF RAW MATERIALS ARE IMPORTED.
- PREVALENCE OF POULTRY DISEASES
- MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS
- LACK OF STORAGE FACILITIES
- INSUFFICIENT FINANCING
- LACK OF GOVERNMENT PRICE SUPPORT
- POOR BUYING CAPACITY OF THE MASSES AND SUPPLY OF BREEDING STOCKS