Animal Science 42 Laboratory Exercise
Exercise 1
OVERVIEW OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Name: Mark Louie D. Suganob Section: BSA 1H
Objective of the Exercise
At the end of the exercise, the student should be able to:
1. Summarize the information gathered during the tour particularly the organization
(staff) and organization structure; breeds, strain or variety; type or class and its
population; management operation – feeding, care and practices, health program,
etc.; constraints or problems encountered and others;
2. Evaluate the livestock and poultry industry in the Philippines; and
3. Familiarize with some terms related to animal science.
Activity 1. Farm animals and their uses.
Species Scientific Name Main Uses
(Follow proper format)
Poultry Minorca Gallina de Menorca, Lay Eggs
Sussex Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lay eggs
Jersey Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lay eggs
Giant
Orloff Gallus gallus domesticus Lays eggs
Banaba Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lays eggs
Free-range Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lay eggs
chickens
ducks Anatidae Lay eggs
ostrich Struthio camelus Lay eggs
Wyandotte Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lay eggs
Australorp Gallus gallus domesticus Meat Production / Lay eggs
Livestock
Horse Equus caballus Ride/Race
Donkey Equus asinus Burden/Draught
Goat Capra aegagrus hircus Meat/Milk
Sheep Ovis aries Meat/Milk
Guinea pig Cavia porcellus Meat/Pet
Reindeer Rangifer tarandus Meat /Milk
Water Bubalus bubalis Meat/Milk
Buffalo
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Meat/Pet
Yak Bos grunniens Meat
Zebu Bos taurus indicus Meat
Cattle Bos taurus Meat/Milk
Species Native Breeds in the International Breed
Philippines
Carabao Swamp buffalo
Buffalo
Holstein Friesian, the domestic cattle
Cattle Jersey, and the Brown
Swiss
Arab, Anglo-Arab, Gulf Hourse
Arab, Morgan, Ken- tucky,
Horse
Standardbred, selected
native, and grades.
Anglo Nubian, Boer, Boer goats
Goat Saanen, French Alpine, and
Toggenburg
Activity 2. Breeds of farm animals.
Shropsire, Southdowners, Braunes Bergschaf
Sheep Poll Dorset, Rambouillet and
Suffolk.
Sus philippensis white Yorkshire pig
Pig philippinesis, and the Sus
philippensis mindanensis.
Darag from Panay, Banaba Ameraucana · Ancona ·
from Batangas, Bolinao from Andalusian · Appenzell
Pangasinan, Boholano from Bearded Hen · Appenzell
Chicken Bohol, Camarines from Pointed Hood Hen ·
Bicol, Paraoakan from Araucana · Aseel.
Palawan and Zampen from
Zamboanga Peninsula.
Anas luzonica Duck
Duck
Pugo Bobwhite Quail · Button
Quail Quail · Japanese Quail ·
California Quail.
Geese Goose
Goose
Broad Breasted White heritage turkey
Turkey Turkey
Activity 3. Common terms applied to farm animals and other information
Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Swine Chicken Duck Turkey Horse
Group of animals herd gang flock herd sounder flock order Flock colts
Anseriformes
Adult male bull bulls Ram buck Boar Rooster drakes gobblers stallion
Adult female heifer cow Ewe does sow hen in hens mare
ornithology a
hen.
Young male steer caft lamb bucks shoat Young duckling gobbler colt
rooster
Young female heifer yearling Ewe lamb nannys gilt chick hen jennies Filly
Newborn regardless calf foal piglet piglet chick foal farrowing foals
of sex
Castrated before steer hogget hogget Wether entire fryer barrow capon gelding
maturity
Castrated matured Bovine steer wether wether stag cock buck turkey gelding
male
Meat Cow or bull red beef, mutton chevon pork Poultry duck Turkey chevaline
meat
Breeding Inbreeding Inbreeding Hand Hand Pen mating Head Pasture
or mating mating mating bobbing mating
hybridization
Parturition calving Cervix, lambing lambing Farrowing laying hatching laying foaling
fetus, fetal
Offspring with calf lambs wether piglets foals
mother
Age at puberty 12 months 15-18 5 to 12 6–8 7 months 18-20 28-30 12.5 12 to 15
female of age months in months months weeks weeks years months
river of age in
buffalo and does
21-24 and 4–6
months in months
swamp in bucks
buffalo.
Age at puberty male 12 months 14 months 29 to 45 4 and 8 7 months,
of age week months
Estrous cycle (days)
Estrus length
Gestation (days)
Normal temperature
˚C
Normal respiration
rate/min
Normal heart
rate/min
