Dairy Farming Design for Production and Environmental Control
Discover the latest trends in dairy farming design focusing on animal building for production and product control. Learn about environmental control, quality product production, labor efficiency, and disease prevention strategies to optimize your dairy farm operations.
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Season-7 Dairy Farming Designing the animal building for production and product control
Environmental controlled house Recent trend in animal house is to control the bad effect of environmental factors to provide comfort condition to the animals. In tropical building, choice of building material and method should be employed to prevent heat radiation from sun in tothe building through roof, wall and surrounding ground.
Non- conducting material with sufficient insulation will prevent various kinds of heat radiation. Comfortable air velocity, optimum humidity should be maintained in the building. These entire factors will have effect on production, fertility, fecundity and prolificacy.
Quality of products High quality milk and egg can be produced only in certain type of houses, which are specially designed for it. For example certified high quality eggs are produced only in cages with roll away floor arrangement or in slatted floor arrangement. Certified high quality milk with low bacterial counts can be produced only in the parlour system of milking.
3. Labour control One of the major expenses in a farm is the cost of labour. Labour cost can be reduced and designing the animal house properly and labour efficiency can be improved by doublerow arrangement of animals and animal building facilitates circular travel and two-way job.
3. Labour control Construction of alleys/passages like feed alley, milk alleys, egg collection alleys animal weighment yard are designedto reduce the labour cost..
4. Disease control Animal house should be designed properly to effect disease control. Provision of washable and easily drained floor, washable walls will control spread of diseases. Designing of suitable drainage system for quick and hygienic disposal of wastes is required for preventing disease.
4. Disease control External loose box accommodation is necessary for isolation of sick animal. Dampness resistant surface will reduce the high humidity, which is the predisposing cause for respiratory disease in young animals.
5. Standard height of the building The height of the building may differ according to the roofing material and agro climatic condition.
6. Length of the building The building may be of any length. In case of dairy 15-20 animals in single row system and 20 50 animals in doublerow system and above 50 animals a separate shed should be provided. The length can be determined based on the total stock to be housed with the building.
