Livestock
« Previous EntriesPekin Duck : Fast-growing Money-maker
Friday, January 27th, 2012One promising new money-maker for local investors is the Pekin Duckparticularly the F1 (first generation) ducklings of a superior genetic line from the Czech Republic that is now available locally. According to Dr. Erwin Cruz who is distributing the ducklings, this Pekin duck will usually attain a liveweight of 3.6 kilos in only 49 days. [...]
Raise Rabbits
Sunday, January 8th, 20121 Introduction Raising rabbits is very popular in Europe and North America. In England over one million families have rabbits. In America, people eat 30 million pounds of rabbit meat each year. There are a number of reasons why raising rabbits is becoming a more and more important activity throughout the world: * Rabbits can produce large amounts of delicious meat. [...]
Chicken Production
Saturday, January 7th, 2012Introduction Chicken broiler and egg production are the most progressive animal enterprises in the Philippines today. The poultry industry in fact began as the backyard enterprise but has shifted to the formation of very large integrated contract farming operations. The growth of poultry industry in the Philippines has been impressive but its problems include inefficient [...]
Goat Production Technologies
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Goat Raising Introduction The optimum potential of goat as one the main sources of milk and meat has not been fully tapped in the Philippines. The goat is popularly known as the poor man’s cow because children and old folks who cannot afford cow’s milk prefer drinking goat’s milk. Aside from being cheap, goat’s [...]
Cattle Production Technologies
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Introduction Cattle fattening has gained prominence as an important business project of the livestock industry in the Philippines. It gives the farmer year-round work and provides him with extra income. He can make use of cheap, plentiful farm by-products such as corn stovers, rice straw, copra meal, rice bran and sugarcane tops, which ordinarily go [...]
Swine Production Technologies
Monday, January 2nd, 2012Swine Raising Introduction Hog raising is a very popular enterprise in the Philippines such that there is a proliferation of backyard producers, which dominates the swine industry and a healthy viable commercial sector. Despite the crises facing the swine industry, still many people are venturing in this enterprise. This manual hopes to bring appropriate technology [...]
Why Grass-Fed Poultry is Best
Saturday, December 31st, 2011Poultry raised on open grass, instead of in overcrowded lots, are high in beneficial fats and other factors that lower cholesterol and greatly reduce degenerative disease In the consumer! Eating large proportions of living green plants, while foraging for insects and seeds and myriad other natural commodities that science hasn’t identified yet, and with minimal [...]
A notable interest on Halal Foods
Friday, December 16th, 2011Food is everyone’s favorite subject and we generally all love to eat meat. However, for Muslims, one thing should be considered. Halal means lawful and permitted in Islam, according to Islamic law. It can, and is applied to any subject matter. In terms of food, there are certain products that Islamic law does not allow [...]
Understanding Sheep Production
Friday, November 25th, 20111. BACKGROUND The sheep was one of the earliest animal species to be domesticated, with evidence that they were kept and not hunted as early as10,700 years ago in the gorge of the Greater Zab River in Northern Iraq. Wool has been found in the remains of 20,000-year old villages in Switzerland (Blakely and Bade, [...]
Developing Agriculture with animal traction
Thursday, November 24th, 2011What is animal traction? Animal traction is the use of animals [cattle (bulls, oxen and cows), donkeys, mules, horses, goats, camels, water buffaloes, etc], to assist farmers in carrying out the following tasks: • In agriculture, for ploughing, harrowing, planting, ridging, weeding, mowing and harvesting. • In transport, for pulling carts and loads over a [...]
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