Handling And Storage Of Animal Feeds
Muhtasari
A farmer near Ogbomoso spends a whole afternoon weighing and mixing a perfectly balanced 20% crude-protein ration, exactly as the Pearson square recommends. She pours the finished mash into old fertiliser sacks and stacks them on the bare floor of a dark storeroom. Six weeks later the sacks are damp, the maize smells sour, and grey-green mould has crept through half the pile. The nutrients she calculated so carefully are gone, and so is the money spent buying the ingredients. Formulating the right ration is only half the job: handling it correctly from mixer to store, and storing it correctly afterward, decides whether that ration ever reaches the animal at all.
In this lesson you will learn the methods of handling feed correctly from weighing through to feeding out, the conditions and structures that keep stored feed safe, and the real cost of getting either wrong: mould, the toxin it can produce, pest damage, nutrient loss and money lost that a farmer can never recover.
Malengo
- Explain the methods of handling animal feeds
- Explain the methods of storing animal feeds
- State the conditions necessary for proper feed storage
- Explain the effect of poor feed handling and storage on feed quality
- State the structures used for feed storage
Maelezo ya Somo
Jisajili ili Uendelee
Tengeneza akaunti ya bure ili kupata rasilimali zote za kujifunza, maswali ya mazoezi, na kufuatilia maendeleo yako.
Tathmini ya Somo
Hongera kwa kukamilisha somo la Handling And Storage Of Animal Feeds. Sasa kwa kuwa umechunguza dhana na mawazo muhimu, ni wakati wa kuweka ujuzi wako kwa mtihani. Sehemu hii inatoa mazoezi mbalimbali maswali yaliyoundwa ili kuimarisha uelewaji wako na kukusaidia kupima ufahamu wako wa nyenzo.
Utakutana na mchanganyiko wa aina mbalimbali za maswali, ikiwemo maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi, maswali ya majibu mafupi, na maswali ya insha. Kila swali limebuniwa kwa umakini ili kupima vipengele tofauti vya maarifa yako na ujuzi wa kufikiri kwa makini.
Tumia sehemu hii ya tathmini kama fursa ya kuimarisha uelewa wako wa mada na kubaini maeneo yoyote ambapo unaweza kuhitaji kusoma zaidi. Usikatishwe tamaa na changamoto zozote utakazokutana nazo; badala yake, zitazame kama fursa za kukua na kuboresha.
- Which of the following is an example of correct feed handling rather than feed storage? A. Keeping feed in a raised store B. Rotating stock first in, first out C. Weighing feed accurately before mixing D. Protecting the store from rain Answer: C
- The main reason a feed store should be raised off the ground on pallets is to: A. Make it easier to paint B. Keep sacks away from rising damp and pests on the floor C. Reduce the cost of building the store D. Increase the store's ventilation alone Answer: B
- A poisonous substance produced by certain moulds growing on poorly stored feed is called: A. Urea B. Aflatoxin C. Betterment D. Rancidity Answer: B
- Issuing the oldest batch of stored feed before any newer batch is called: A. Cross-contamination B. Pelleting C. First in, first out D. Reinstatement Answer: C
- A structure best suited to the bulk mechanised storage of grain or mash on a large farm is a: A. Crib B. Store room C. Silo D. Bin Answer: C
Jisajili ili Uendelee
Tengeneza akaunti ya bure ili kupata rasilimali zote za kujifunza, maswali ya mazoezi, na kufuatilia maendeleo yako.
Jisajili ili Uendelee
Tengeneza akaunti ya bure ili kupata rasilimali zote za kujifunza, maswali ya mazoezi, na kufuatilia maendeleo yako.
Vitabu Vinavyopendekezwa
Maswali ya Zamani
Unajiuliza maswali ya zamani kuhusu mada hii yanaonekanaje? Hapa kuna idadi ya maswali kuhusu Handling And Storage Of Animal Feeds kutoka miaka iliyopita.
Swali 1 Ripoti
TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION
(a)(i) Name one major nutrient which could be obtained from each of specimen F(Maize bran), G(Groundnut cake) and H (Cowpea husk)
F __________________________________ G ____________________________________ H __________________________________
(ii) Name three pasts that could attack specimen F in the store
(iii) State three effects of exposing specimen G for several days in a store.
(b)(i) Mention three farm animals that could feed on specimen H
(ii) Name two containers that could be used to store specimen H.
(iii) Give one reason why specimen H is suitable as feed for farm animals.