Housing of Animals : Construction and Equipment of Animal Houses.
Animal husbandry plays an increasingly important role throughout the world in the fulfillment of the primary need of mankind: food. The growing demand for food leads to an intensification of the production of livestock and because of the varying climatic conditions in many parts of the world, livest...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Elsevier Science,
1985.
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Colección: | Developments in agricultural engineering.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Housing of Animals: Construction and Equipment of Animal Houses; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE HOUSING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS; References; CHAPTER 2. THE HOUSING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN RELATION TO MODERN FARMING AND PRESENT-DAY SOCIETY; References; CHAPTER 3. SOME FUNDAMENTALS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANIMAL HOUSES AND THE BUILDING MATERIALS TO BE USED; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The fundamentaLs of stability for agricultural buildings; 3.3 ThermodynamicaI fundamentals; 3.4 Building materials for the construction of animal houses.
- 3.5 The practical execution of the construction of animal houses3.6 The prefabrication of animal houses; 3.7 The ventilation of livestock buildings; References; CHAPTER 4. THE HOUSING OF CATTLE; 4.1 Generalities; 4.2 The housing of dairy cattle; 4.3 The housing of breeding calves and young stock; 4.4 The housing of growing bulls and stock bulls; 4.5 The housing of slaughter cattle; References; CHAPTER 5. THE HOUSING OF PIGS; 5.1 Generalities; 5.2 The construction of pig houses; 5.3 The layout of the breeding pig house; 5.4 The organization of the sow farm.
- 5.5 The labour organization and the building costs in pig breeding5.6 Zootechnical and veterinary aspects of the housing of breeding pigs; 5.7 The layout of houses for fattening pigs; 5.8 Labour-technical and economic aspects of the housing of finishing pigs; 5.9 Zootechnical and veterinary aspects of the housing of finishing pigs; 5.10 The housing of wild boars; References; CHAPTER 6. THE HOUSING OF POULTRY; 6.1 Generalities; 6.2 The housing of layers; 6.3 The housing of broilers; 6.4 The housing of turkeys; 6.5 The housing of layer pullets; 6.6 The housing of breeding hens.
- 6.7 The housing of turkey breeding hens6.8 The housing of guinea fowls; 6.9 The housing of pheasants; 6.10 The housing of quails; 6.11 The housing of table pigeons; 6.12 The housing of ducks; 6.13 The housing of geese; References; CHAPTER 7. THE HOUSING OF HORSES; 7.1 Generalities; 7.2 The construction and equipment of stables; 7.3 Zootechnical and labour-technicaI aspects of the housing of horses; 7.4 The construction and equipment of man�eges; References; CHAPTER 8. THE HOUSING OF SHEEP; 8.1 Generalities; 8.2 The construction and equipment of a sheep house; 8.3 The milking of ewes.
- 8.4 The housing of goatsReferences; CHAPTER 9. THE HOUSING OF RABBITS; 9.1 Generalities; 9.2 The construction and equipment of a rabbitry; References; CHAPTER 10. THE HOUSING OF FURRED ANIMALS; 10.1 Generalities; 10.2 The housing of minks; 10.3 The housing of chinchilla's; References.