Design and Planning of Livestock Units


Dairy Housing: Animal body characteristics, Animal housing requirements, Tie-stall housing, Free-stall housing, Dairy farms management, Architectural design of various housing systems for dairy cattle and beef, Milking systems and automation, Milking parlor types. Poultry Housing: Broilers, laying-hens, goose, etc. housing, Thermal environment - bird interaction, Photoperiod - bird interaction, Light schedules, Architectural design of poultry housing, Feeding and drinking equipment. Sheep Housing: Planning methodology, Basic aspects of planning, sheep stables layouts, Architectural design of sheep housing systems, Structures and components. Swine Housing: Animal body characteristics, Appropriate environmental conditions, Site selection decision making, Breeding and fattening housing types, Architectural design of swine housing systems, Structures and components, Equipment.


Objectives

The ability of trainees to plan and organize the livestock facilities and housing areas of major farm animals of our country. The learner is expected to know and understand after successful completion of the course Cowsheds: Characteristics of dairy cows, Principles of organization of boystasiwn, Free livestock housing, environmental conditions, auxiliary spaces Amelktiria, Limited livestock housing and fattening Calves Aviaries: characteristics of birds, environmental conditions, Housing hens and production for consumption broiler hens, equipment Housing ornithotrofeiwn. Probatostasia: design methodology, introduction to planning, design, design modeling. Elements of design probatostasiwn architecture. Pig farms: Characteristics of animal housing. Ambient conditions. Election of location of farms. Types and production systems. Pigpens. Farms pigs for fattening. Equipment.


Prerequisites

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Syllabus

Pigs: Characteristics of animal housing. Ambient conditions. Election of location of farms. Types and production systems. Pigpens. Farms pigs for fattening. Equipment. Architectural design choirostasioy breeding/fattening. 2. bovine animals: animal Characteristics. Ambient conditions. Free and Limited stabling. Organization boystasiwn. Auxiliary spaces of dairy boystasiwn. Comparison of different housing systems. Milking in a particular area – Amelktiria. Architectural design dairy farm dairy cows. 3. ovine and caprine animals: introduction to planning. Architectural design elements. Main and auxiliary spaces. Mikroperiballontos setting. 4. Birds: avian Features. Ambient conditions. Housing hens and egg production for consumption. Housing fattening hens. Ornithotrofeiwn equipment.

COURSE DETAILS

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Type:

Undergraduate

(A-)


Instructors: PANAGIOTIS PANAGAKIS, DEMETRES BRIASOULIS
Department: Exploiting Natural Resources & Agricultural Engineering
Institution: Agricultural University Of Athens
Subject: Other Agricultural Sciences
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