Ostrich-PPT Presentation On Ostrich.pptx

Presentation On Ostrich

1. Presentation on Housing, Feeding & Breeding management of Ostrich.

2. Key topics → Origin and distribution → Taxonomic classification → Physical description → Habitats and behaviour → Reproduction → Special characteristics → Threats and conservative → Is ostrich profitable in Bangladesh

3. > > Origin & distribution → Ostrich has been reared in Hungary for decades → The researchers found molecular evidence that ostriches lived in India 25,000 years ago by the DNA tests on fossilized eggshells. → The common ostrich was historically native to the Arabian Peninsula, and ostriches were present across Asia as far east as China. → Ostrich are native to large areas of sub-Saharan Africa and the Somali ostrich, native to the Horn of Africa. Ostriches are farmed in Australia. >> Taxonomic classification:   • Kingdom : Animalia     • Phylum : Chordata                           • Class : Aves   • Order : Struthioniformes     • Family : Struthionidae         • Genus : Struthio   • species :   Struthio   camelus

4. >> Physical description : → Ostriches are tall, flightless birds with long necks, muscular legs, and claw-like feet. → Their bulky bodies are covered in large, puffy feathers; adult males have black feathers and white tails, while females are mostly covered in brown feathers. → Ostriches have thick, muscular thighs and legs, with two-toed feet ending with a long, sharp claw on each toe. → Adult ostriches weigh between 200 and 300 pounds (90-136 kilograms). >> Habitats and behavior : → The Ostriches preferred habitats are savanna, scrub, grasslands and semi-deserts. → Ostriches enjoy water. → Males are territorial and will defend their territory aggressively.

5. >> Housing of ostrich : → Each ostrich requires 60-80 squire feet space inside the house. → The height of the house would be able to cover the tallest ostrich with some free space above. → he floor of the house become made of sand or soil.  >> Feeding behaviour : → Ostrich diet is plant-based. They mainly eat leafy greens, flowering plants, roots, grasses and succulents. → Ostriches do not have teeth. → In the wild,ostrich diets consist of roughly 60% leafy plant material, 15% fruits or legumes, 5% insects or small-sized animals, and 20% grains, salts, and stones. 

6. >> Breeding management: → The hens are prolific layers, producing 40-100 eggs annually. Females sit on the eggs by day and males sit on the eggs by night. → O striches naturally lay the largest eggs, measuring about 5.9 inches in length, 5.1 inches in width, and weighing between 3-5 pounds. → Hatching time 42 days. → Ostriches become sexually mature between 2 and 4 years of age > > Special characteristics : → Ostriches are the largest and heaviest birds in the world. → Ostriches steal chicks from other birds to add to their own brood. >> Ostrich threat & conservation: → Habitat destruction, mostly in the form of overgrazing, has also greatly reduced. → Widespread egg-collection and hunting for meat and skin.

7. Is ostrich profitable in Bangladesh ?

8. Any question ?

9. Thank you