Housing System
Housing system is refers to a shelter that protects animals from hazards, climate conditions, and
infections while being comfortable and sanitary. The goal of housing system is to improve animal
health, disease control, and management, which can lead to increased production.
Advantages of housing system:
1. To provide more comfortable environment.
2. To protect the animals from rain, sun etc.
3. To protect the animals from thieves.
4. Individual care is possible.
5. To protect from insect, pest, wild animal.
6. To make the animal more docile.
7. Easy milking procedure.
8. It is easy to supply feed to the animal.
9. Desire breeding is possible.
10. Easy to treatment of animals.
11. Easy to collect cow dung.
12. Less labour cost.
13. It helps a close supervision.
Disadvantages of housing:
1. Costly.
2. Spread out contagious diseases.
3. Ventilation problem.
4. Less exercise.
5. Insufficient supplies of pasture grass.
Factors to consider when selecting a site for housing system
1. Environmental Factors
2. Accessibility
3. Health and Biosecurity
4. Soil Quality
5. Energy Availability
6. Water Availability
7. Proximity to market
Housing System for Cattle:
There are 3 types of housing system for cattle;
, 1. Conventional Barns
2. Loose House
3. Free Range System
Conventional Barns
- Also called as stanchion barn.
- Cows are confined together on a platform and kept tight by a stanchion or neck chain.
- Animals are less exposed to adverse weather conditions.
- Barns remain hygiene and disease prevalence is less.
- Conventional barns are recommended in temperate region.
Loose Housing
- Keeping animal close in an open paddock or pasture though out the day and night except at milking
time.
- The open paddock is provided with shelter along one side.
- A common watering tank is provided and fodder is fed in common mangers.
- Self feeding is practiced in loose system of housing.
- All types of livestock can be housed and managed under loose housing.
- Cheaper to construct easier to expand and flexible in utility.
Free Range System
Housing system is refers to a shelter that protects animals from hazards, climate conditions, and
infections while being comfortable and sanitary. The goal of housing system is to improve animal
health, disease control, and management, which can lead to increased production.
Advantages of housing system:
1. To provide more comfortable environment.
2. To protect the animals from rain, sun etc.
3. To protect the animals from thieves.
4. Individual care is possible.
5. To protect from insect, pest, wild animal.
6. To make the animal more docile.
7. Easy milking procedure.
8. It is easy to supply feed to the animal.
9. Desire breeding is possible.
10. Easy to treatment of animals.
11. Easy to collect cow dung.
12. Less labour cost.
13. It helps a close supervision.
Disadvantages of housing:
1. Costly.
2. Spread out contagious diseases.
3. Ventilation problem.
4. Less exercise.
5. Insufficient supplies of pasture grass.
Factors to consider when selecting a site for housing system
1. Environmental Factors
2. Accessibility
3. Health and Biosecurity
4. Soil Quality
5. Energy Availability
6. Water Availability
7. Proximity to market
Housing System for Cattle:
There are 3 types of housing system for cattle;
, 1. Conventional Barns
2. Loose House
3. Free Range System
Conventional Barns
- Also called as stanchion barn.
- Cows are confined together on a platform and kept tight by a stanchion or neck chain.
- Animals are less exposed to adverse weather conditions.
- Barns remain hygiene and disease prevalence is less.
- Conventional barns are recommended in temperate region.
Loose Housing
- Keeping animal close in an open paddock or pasture though out the day and night except at milking
time.
- The open paddock is provided with shelter along one side.
- A common watering tank is provided and fodder is fed in common mangers.
- Self feeding is practiced in loose system of housing.
- All types of livestock can be housed and managed under loose housing.
- Cheaper to construct easier to expand and flexible in utility.
Free Range System
