About housing of cattle

15. Types of housing in livestock
1.Loose housing
2.Conventional barns or closed
housing

16. 1.Loose housing

17. 2. Conventional barns or closed housing

18. The following Building units must be constructed:
1. Calf shed
2. Young stock shed
3. Heifer shed
4. Calving pen
5. Dairy cattle shed
6. Dry animal shed
7. Down calver shed
8. Feed godown
9. Silo pit
10. Isolation shed
11. Chaffing shed
12. Store house
13. Bull shed
14. AI laboratory
15. Paddock

19. ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING
• FARMHOUSE- Farmhouses are residential building
meant for the person working in the farm
• FARM BUILDING –Meant for housing the livestock
• FARM STORE-Meant for storage of feed materials as
well as other farm products
• QUARANTINE SHED- Should be located at the entrance
of the farm for the new animals purchased from
outside(FOR 40-45 DAYS)
• ISOLATION SHED-Located away from the healthy
animals

20. ROOFING MATERIALS
• TILES-Cheap and easily available . Wind and
accident easily damages them.
• ASBESTOS SHEETS-More durable than tiles .
Houses under this roof will be hotter during
summer.
• ALUMINUM SHEETS-Keeps the animal house cool
during summer . Expensive but more durable.
• GALVANIZED IRON SHEET-Keep the house very
hot during summer . They are strong and may be
rusted after long use.

21. • THATCHED ROOF-Made of coconut leaves .
They are cheap and poor conductor of heat .
They are nondurable and are very prone for
fire accident,
• LIGHT ROOFING
• ROOF LINING

22. STANDARD WIDTH,LENGTH &
HEIGHT OF BUILDING
• WIDTH
• Single row cow shed -3.80 to 4.25meter
• Double row cow shed-7.90 to 8.70 meter
• LENGTH –building may be any length
• Single row-15-20 animals
• Double row -20-50 animals
• HEIGHT-May be differ from roofing materials
and agro climatic condition

23. SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROW SYSTEM
• Single row system : In single row system, 12-16 numbers of animals
can be kept.
• Double row system
• If it is greater than 16, then double row system is preferable.
• In double row system up to 50 animals can be maintained in a
single shed.
• The distance between two sheds should be greater than 30 feet
or it should be twice the height of the building.

24. SINGLE ROW SYSTEM

25. TAIL TO TAIL SYSTEM
• Tail to tail system
• Advantages
• Cleaning and milking of animals easy.
• Supervision of milking also easy.
• Less chance for transmission of diseases
from animal to animal.
• Animals can get more fresh air from outside.
• This system is more labor friendly system.

26. TAIL TO TAIL SYSTEM

27. HEAD TO HEAD SYSTEM
• Head to head system
• Advantages
• Getting animals into the shed is easy.
• Feeding of animals also easy.
• Disinfection of gutter will be more due to the direct fall
of sunrays over the gutter.
• Animals are better exhibited to visitors
• Disadvantages
• Milking supervision is difficult.
• Possibilities of transmission of disease are more.
• Not labor friendly.

28. HEAD TO HEAD SYSTEM

31. OUR DAIRY FARM DESIGN