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Housing and Equipment Systems Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry.
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Beef Housing and Equipment Careful planning of facilities is important to success –___________ ________________ ____________ is very important –building requirement –fence and pen requirement –______________
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Beef Housing and Equipment Wise planning –makes __________________ easier –saves ___________________ –ensures a safe working environment –cost ____________
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Beef Housing and Equipment Types of facilities: __________-__________ facilities require the simplest facilities 1.Confinement barns ___________- open on one side ____________- closed, insulated and temperature controlled. Most expensive to build
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Beef Housing and Equipment 2. _________ feedlot no ___________ windbreak fences and sunshades limited __________________ 3. Open barn and feedlot open front barn and feedlot provides some ___________________ for animals
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Beef Housing and Equipment Open Barn and Feedlot, UC Davis Photo
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Beef Housing and Equipment 4. Feeding _________ and __________ Feeding _____________ are in the barn offers some protection for cattle protects _________ from being damages by the _____________
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Beef Housing and Equipment Feedlot with a feeding barn
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Beef Housing and Equipment ___________ –Needed for all __________ of beef cattle enterprises –Holding pen, working chute and headgate easier to ___________ reduces _________ saves ___________ reduces ___________ safer for the _______________ and cattle
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Beef Housing and Equipment Corral with a loading chute, working chute and squeeze chute
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Swine Housing and Equipment Types of Housing: –_____________ or range –______________________ houses ____________- no heat, mainly for finishing operations ____________- heated, used for farrowing and young animals
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Swine Housing and Equipment Most North Carolina swine farmers use _____________ confinement houses ___________________ is used to control ________________, ______________________, odor and airborne diseases
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Swine Housing and Equipment Location: –_____________________ –_____________ is the main problem
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Swine Housing and Equipment Equipment: –______________ feeding and __________________ more ______________ requires less _______________ –_____________ watering and feeding ___________ cost requires more _______________________
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Swine Housing and Equipment Equipment –___________________ enterprises require small equipment __________________ knives _________________ notchers _________________ clippers
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Swine Housing and Equipment
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Swine Equipment and Housing
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Poultry Housing and Equipment Facilities –____________________ –__________________ housing Confinement has become more ____________ because it reduces: land requirements __________________ ___________________ protects from ________________
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Poultry Housing and Equipment In recent, most poultry operation are confinement type houses with: ___________________ waters automatic ________________ artificial __________________ ______________________ ventilation
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Poultry Housing and Equipment ________________: –____ to ____ degrees F –Temperature taken ___________ off the floor –Temperature reduced _____ degrees per __________ –Temperature no lower than ______ degrees F –__________ guards keep chicks from wondering away
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Poultry Housing and Equipment Broiler and turkey houses: –used for ____________ type animals –_____________ floors –covered with ____________ wood ________________ newspaper _________________ –lights are on _____________ per day
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Poultry Housing and Equipment _____________ houses –Confinement with __________ ____________ saves _____________ cleaner __________ –Artificial ______________ __________________ timer __________ hours of light per day
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Poultry Housing and Equipment
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Poultry Housing Bio-security
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Poultry Housing and Equipment
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