difference between poultry farming and cattle farming

• Dairy Farm Management
  • Milk yield is dependent upon the quality of breed selected. Quality encompasses yielding potential and disease resistance.
  • Care of cattle − Proper accommodation, adequate water, feeding in a scientific manner (quality of fodder), hygiene, visits by a veterinary doctor
  • All these processes nowadays have become mechanised and proper record keeping is followed.

• Poultry Farm Management
  • Poultry includes meat from birds such as chicken, ducks, and turkey.
  • The main emphasis in poultry farming is selection of a disease-free and healthy breed.
  • Safe farm conditions, proper feed, water, and hygiene are also necessary

Animal Husbandry is the scientific management of animal livestock.The categories of animal husbandry are poltry and cattle farming.

• Cattle farming is done to obtain milk and draught animals for labour for agricultural work,tilling and carting.
• The indian breed has two kinds -  Bos Indicus,  the cow and Bos Bubalis,the buffaloes.
• The milk producing females are called milching animals or dairy animals.
• The animals used for farm labour are called Draught animals.
• To increas the milk production the lactation period can be increased.Lactation period is the period of milk production after the birth of a calf.
• The foreign breed Jersey,Brown Swiss that have long lactation period is cross-bred with the indian breed Red Sindhi,Sahiwal have good resistence to diseases to have both the desired qualities.
• The cattle need good food and shelter requirements for producing clean milk.
• The cattle should be sheltered under well- ventilated roofs and the floor should be sloped for cleaning and to facilitate a dry place.
• The food requirements of cattle are roughage which contains large amounts of fibres and concentrates which contains few amounts of fibres and more of protein and other nutrients.
• The ration of cattle should be enriched with all nutrients in equal proportionate amounts.
• Cattle suffer from many diseases.
• The parasites of cattle may be internal and external.
• External parasites live on skin and cause skin diseases.The internal paraistes like worms affect the stomach and intestine,while flukes damage the liver.
• Vaccinations  are given to farm animals against bacterial and viral disease.

• Poultry farming is undertaken to raise the production of eggs and chicken meat.
• Therefore improved poultry is farmed to produce layers of eg and broilers for meat.
• The cross breeding is done between Indian breed Aseel and the Foreign breed Leghorn for the following desired charachteristics:

1. number and quality of chicks.
2. dwarf broiler parent for chick production
3. low maintainence requirements
4. tolerance to high temperature
5. the reduction in the size of the egg-laying bird with the ability to utilise  fibrous cheaper diet formulated using agricultural by-products.
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