Unit 5 and 7 Design and construction of LS and P building. And Arrangement of building.pptx
1. DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
BUILDINGS
UNIT 5
Dr. P. Ravikanth Reddy
MVSc, PhD
Guest Faculty
KBR College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
Dr. YSR Horticulture University
2. 1. Environmental controlled house
To protect from environmental condtions
Tropical building – Loose housing system and measures
in preventing heat radiation (floor, wall, roof)
Maintenance of air velocity and ventilation
Designing the animal building
Air velocity and ventilation
3. 2. Quality of products
Housing should depend on quality of products
High quality eggs – Cages with slatted floors
High quality milk with low bacterial counts – Parlour
system of milking
8. 3. Labor control
Costliest
Double row arrangement of animals
Construction of alleys
(Milk alley, feed alley, egg alley)
Decreasing labour requirement
9. 4. Disease control
Washable and easily drained floors
Suitable drainage systems
Dampness resistant surfaces (to reduce humidity, which
will cause respiratory infections)
External loose box –
For isolation of sick animals
Drainage system
10. 5. Standard height of the building
Differs according to the roofing material and
agroclimatic condition
6. Length of the building
Depends on the total stock to be used
11. 1. Site plan
Site location
Building arrangement and road formation
Preparation of housing plan
2. Floor plan
Aerial view of different structures
Dimensions of building, location of ventilators, and
door ways – Scaled drawing of a building.
3. Elevation
Appearance and view of the whole building
4. Cross section
Details of building foundation, type of flooring, walls
and roof, internal fittings, partition, feeding and
securing devices
14. 5. Master plan
Rough plans should converted into master plan
6. Van-Dyke print
Negatives of the original drawing
7. Blue print
Negatives are exposed to blue print papers and
fixed in potassium dichromate
8. Orientation
Long axis: East-West direction
19. 1. Farm houses or homestead
Buildings for persons working in the farms
Never be placed to leeward side of the house (To
prevent flies and dung smell)
Farm office should be at prominent places (Center of
the farm)
Manager’s house at entrance for effective supervision
In mixed farming – Piggery should be away from
dairy and managers office.
Farm buildings can be grouped into 5 major categories
20. 2. Farm buildings or Farmstead
For animals housing
Should be away but not too away from the farm house
Workers cannot turn out at night or bad weather
3. Farm store
For preserving feed materials
21. 4. Quarantine shed
At the entrance of the farm
To quarantine new animals purchased
5. Isolation shed
Away from the healthy animal shed
22. Aerial view of Sheep farm, LRS, Palamaner, SVVU, Chittoor district
ENTRANCE
Manager house Quarantine shed
Isolation shed
Farm store