Climate Effects On Farm Animals
Gbogbo ọrọ náà
Drive from Jos down to Yola in February and the change is obvious to any traveller: cool, dry harmattan mornings give way to a heat that makes the tarmac shimmer by noon. Farm animals feel that same swing far more sharply than we do, because their productivity, not just their comfort, rides on it. A dairy cow that milks well in a Jos morning may go off her feed by afternoon; broilers packed into a poorly ventilated shed in Lagos in April can lose a week of growth in three hot days.
In this lesson you will learn the climatic factors a stockman must watch, temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind and solar radiation, and the single idea that ties them together: the thermoneutral zone, the comfortable range in which an animal spends the least energy regulating its own body temperature and performs at its best. You will see exactly what goes wrong on either side of that zone, heat stress and cold stress, and why an indigenous White Fulani cow shrugs off a Kaduna afternoon that would knock the appetite off an imported dairy breed.
Ebumnobi
- State the climatic factors that affect farm animals
- Explain the effect of temperature on farm animal production
- Explain the effect of humidity on farm animal production
- Explain the effect of climate on feed intake and growth
- Suggest ways of reducing the effect of adverse climate on farm animals
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Kpọpụta akaụntụ n’efu ka ị nweta ohere na ihe ọmụmụ niile, ajụjụ omume, ma soro mmepe gị.
Ayẹwo Ẹkọ
Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Climate Effects On Farm Animals. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.
Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.
Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.
- The range of ambient temperature within which a farm animal spends the least energy on temperature regulation and performs best is called the: A. Critical temperature B. Thermoneutral zone C. Comfort index D. Humidity zone Answer: B
- Which of the following is NOT one of the climatic factors that affect farm animal production? A. Humidity B. Solar radiation C. Soil pH D. Wind Answer: C
- High humidity makes hot weather harder for an animal to bear mainly because it: A. Increases the animal's appetite B. Blocks evaporative cooling C. Lowers the air temperature D. Increases wind speed Answer: B
- Which of these is a typical sign of heat stress in farm animals? A. Shivering B. Increased feed intake C. Panting and reduced feed intake D. Thickened winter coat Answer: C
- Compared with imported exotic breeds, indigenous Nigerian breeds such as the White Fulani and Yankasa are generally: A. Lower yielding but more heat-tolerant B. Higher yielding and more heat-tolerant C. Equally heat-tolerant but lower yielding D. Unaffected by climate Answer: A
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Kpọpụta akaụntụ n’efu ka ị nweta ohere na ihe ọmụmụ niile, ajụjụ omume, ma soro mmepe gị.
Yi rajista ka ci gaba
Kpọpụta akaụntụ n’efu ka ị nweta ohere na ihe ọmụmụ niile, ajụjụ omume, ma soro mmepe gị.
