Housing system

Housing system.

1. Welcome

2. Housing system Housing: Shelter, buildings or something else that covers and protects.

3. Housing system for cattle Points to be remembered Should be at a higher elevation Maximum exposure to the sun Easy accessibility Abundant supply of fresh, clean and soft water Free from protruding nails, smooth finished floor, loose hinges, narrow gates Honest, economic and regular supply of labor Available market Adequate supply of electricity Sufficient space per cow and well arranged feeding mangers

4. Types of animal housing 1. Conventional Barns 2. Loose house 3. Free range syste m

5. Conventional barns Also called as stanchion barn. Cows are confined together on a platform and kept tight by a stanchion or neck chain. Animals are less expose d to adverse weather conditions. Barns remain hygiene and disease prevalence is less. Conventional barns are recommended in temperate region .

6. Loose housing Keeping animal close in an open paddock or pasture though out the day and night except at milking time The open paddock is provided with shelter along one side A common watering tank is provided an d fodder is fed in common mangers Self feeding is practiced in loose system of housing All types of livestock can be housed and managed under loose housing Cheaper t o construct easier to expand and flexible in utility

7. Parameter Loose housing Conventional Barns Labor saving More Less Comfort to cow More Less Health of animal Better Good Heat detection Easier Less easy Benefit of sunlight to cows More Less Cows tend to remain cleaner No Yes Efficiency and profitability More Less Comparison

8. Free ranges Leaving stock free in a large estimate The area is natural or cultivated pasture land with watering points and shelters Suitable for the animals that are not handled daily like beef cattle or sheep

9. Housing of goat

10. Poultry housing

11. Different types of poultry houses Brooder/chick house Grower house Brooder cum grower house Layer house Broiler house Breeder house

12. Environmentally controlled house

13. Types of poultry housing System Free Range/Extensive Semi-intensive intensive Slat cum litter Slatted floor Deep litter cage Stair-step/California Battery/vertical Individual

14. Free range system

15. Semi-intensive System

16. Intensive System

17. Slatted or wire-floor System

18. Combination of slatted floor and dep litter

19. Cage system

20. Types of cages Based on the bird density Single or individual Multiple bird cage Colony cages Based on arrangement of cages Battery cages Stair-step cages M-type L-type Based on the number of rows Single deck Double deck Trick deck Four deck Based on the type of bird reared Brooder cages Grower cages Layer cages Breeder cages

21. California housing

22. Environmentally Controlled House