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Housing and Equipment Systems. Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry. Beef Housing and Equipment. Careful planning of facilities is important to success ___________ ________________ ____________ is very important building requirement
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Housing and Equipment Systems Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry.
Beef Housing and Equipment • Careful planning of facilities is important to success • ___________ ________________ • ____________ is very important • building requirement • fence and pen requirement • ______________
Beef Housing and Equipment • Wise planning • makes __________________ easier • saves ___________________ • ensures a safe working environment • cost ____________
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
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
Beef Housing and Equipment Open Barn and Feedlot, UC Davis Photo
Beef Housing and Equipment 4. Feeding _________ and __________ • Feeding _____________ are in the barn • offers some protection for cattle • protects _________ from being damages by the _____________
Beef Housing and Equipment Feedlot with a feeding barn
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
Beef Housing and Equipment Corral with a loading chute, working chute and squeeze chute
Swine Housing and Equipment • Types of Housing: • _____________ or range • ______________________ houses • ____________- no heat, mainly for finishing operations • ____________- heated, used for farrowing and young animals
Swine Housing and Equipment • Most North Carolina swine farmers use _____________ confinement houses • ___________________ is used to control ________________, ______________________, odor and airborne diseases
Swine Housing and Equipment • Location: • _____________________ • _____________ is the main problem
Swine Housing and Equipment • Equipment: • ______________ feeding and __________________ • more ______________ • requires less _______________ • _____________ watering and feeding • ___________ cost • requires more _______________________
Swine Housing and Equipment Equipment • ___________________ enterprises require small equipment • __________________ knives • _________________ notchers • _________________ clippers
Poultry Housing and Equipment • Facilities • ____________________ • __________________ housing • Confinement has become more ____________ because it reduces: • land requirements • __________________ • ___________________ • protects from ________________
Poultry Housing and Equipment • In recent, most poultry operation are confinement type houses with: • ___________________ waters • automatic ________________ • artificial __________________ • ______________________ ventilation
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
Poultry Housing and Equipment • Broiler and turkey houses: • used for ____________ type animals • _____________ floors • covered with ____________ • wood ________________ • newspaper • _________________ • lights are on _____________ per day
Poultry Housing and Equipment • _____________ houses • Confinement with __________ ____________ • saves _____________ • cleaner __________ • Artificial ______________ • __________________ timer • __________ hours of light per day