Housing Facilities Flashcards
Give reasons of inappropriate animal facilities/ housing
1.Lack of knowledge
2. Lack of emphasis in their importance/ effects in animal raising
3. Cost
Give appropriate animal farming/ housing facilities
- Type of animals to be raised
(breed, age, purpose) - Scale and type of operation
good ion ort - Space requirements
- Kind of equipment/facilities
- Farm location
- Environmental requirements
- Feed storage and handling
- Amount of resources
- Opportunities for expansion and development
- Government laws and regulations that apply to animal production
6 types of roofing design
Shed
Gable
Monitor
Gambrel
Gothic
Half monitor
What are the 4 flooring types?
Solid
Slatted
Litter
Slat-litter
For confining, controlling, and managing animals for proper distribution, pasture and safety.
Fence
Enclosures in a pasture
Corrals
Give other cattle production facilities
Feed bins, thoughs, Silos, footbath, livestocks scale, dipping vat
Type of housing which they have freedom to do what every they want
Loose housing
Types of housing that limit the actions of calves
Stall barns
During milk period, calves stalled and fed individually for at least 1 week after milk
Housing Neonatal Calves
Should be kept in group lots or pens with 6-10 animals per group
Pens for older calves
For backyard dairy operation, a stall and clean working surrounding is sufficient, handmaking in the bucket usually practice.
Milking Parlor
Advantages of milk parlor
Less effort in milking cows
More cows milked at one time
More sanitary condition
Give types of milking parlor
Tie stall or flat milking parlor
Side opening parlor
Herringbone parlor(fishbone)
Rotary (tandem, herringbone and turn style) parlor
Polygon parlor
Give Swine Housing and Equipment
Farrowing pen(slatted)
Maternity ward(solid)
Nursery (slatted)
Growing pens (solid)
Gestating pens (solid)
