ANIMAL PROD

• Breed


  • Domestic animals, homogenous appearance and behavior.
• Health & Nutrition


  • providing for its needs (supplements, water, proper food), for good results.
• Housing and Management


  • Some farmers buy animals, but do not have proper shelter management. Animals should have enough space and must live in a stress-free environment.
• 2050 - world population will require: 100% more food and, 70% of this food should come from efficiency-improving technology. Increasing human population results to reduction of areas of agricultural production which results to the increase of challenge to produce animal food products.
• Farms should be: 1 km away from the main road, always utilize and maximize your land area.
• Role of animals

  • Food - source of protein (meats)
  • Skin and hair - for clothing and shelter (ex.wool)
  • Amusement (recreation)
  • Non -Food Products (ex.glue from horns, fertilizer, fuel from feces, feed from bones and ofal's)
  • Animal power for plowing and transport (draft)
• Vermicomposting

  • uses earthworms, enhance the process of organic waste conversion, African night crawler. 100% organic fertilizer
• Ofal's


  Hooves, horn, hair - non-consumable are converted to usable materials for the animals
• The joint evolution of man and animals resulted to domestication of animals for food, power, transportation, religion, recreation, war, companionship, etc.
• Consideration for an animal to be matured: sexual maturity, ready for reproduction.
• Purpose of castration


  • animal is for meat production only. Prevention pregnancies or Prevention of undesirable traits/health conditions. castrated before slaughter to improve meat quality.
• Yeldmare

  • Mares lost their baby, no longer fertile , “dry mare".
• Purpose of castration before slaughter

  Minimize aggressiveness, Improve meat quality, remove odor, Prevent unwanted pregnancy.
• Veal meat - more valued in the market, better quality, "untouched".
• Castrated before slaughter


  To improve meat quality
• Yeldmare

  Mares who lost their baby and are no longer fertile hence the description "dry mare"
• Purpose of castration before slaughter

  • Minimize aggressiveness
  • Improve meat quality, remove odor
  • Prevent unwanted pregnancy
• Calving

  Parturition in cattle
• Beef


  Meat of matured cattle
• Veal


  Meat of young cattle
• Veal meat is more valued in the market for better quality as it is still "untouched"
• Caracalving


  Parturition in carabao
• Carabeef


  Meat of matured carabao
• Caraveal


  Meat of young carabao
• Wool


  Hair covering of sheep
• Shearing


  Clipping of fleece
• Lambchop


  Meat of young sheep
• Mutton


  Meat of matured sheep
• Browse Plants


  Shrubs or trees nibbled by goats
• Tethering


  Restraining an animal with a rope or chain
• Browse plants - goats choose what they want to eat despite the variety of plants present in their surroundings
• Litter


  Group of pigs born in one farrowing
• Litter Size


  The number of pigs in one litter
• Colostrum

  First Milk of Dam
• Meconium


  First fecal matter of newborn suckling
• Junior boars are uncastrated, they are prepared for culling to make sure their reproduction won't get stuck
• The Colostrum (first milk of Dam) should be taken by the suckling to get the nutrition
• Hutch


  Shelter of rabbits
• Lapan is a wild meat recommended in diet due to less cholesterol content
• Incubation


  Providing heat to newly hatch chicks