Project on Farm Animals

8/2/2019 Project on Farm Animals

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My Project

on Farm

Animals

Done by: Renne Taylor

Grade: 7-6



Acknowledgment

While doing this project, they were couple adjustments and suggestions doneto make it detailed, creative and legible as possible. Special thanks go to

Tiffany Daley for assisting and making sure it was done properly for the reader

and also assembling the information and pictures in their most respectful

positions and also special thanks to the source wikidpedia.



Introduction

In this project, you will see vivid pictures of farm animals including the insideof their body labelled correctly and also necessary and important information

are present about the five different types of animals used for farming.



Chicken

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic

animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more

chickens in the world than any other species of bird. Humans keep chickens

primarily as a source of food, consuming both their meat and their eggs.

Picture showing different types of chicken.

Chickens are omnivores.[9] In the wild, they often scratch at the soil to search

for seeds, insects and even larger animals such as lizards or young mice.[10]

The adult rooster can be distinguished from the hen by his larger comb



Chickens may live for five to ten years, depending on the breed. The world's

oldest chicken, a hen, died of heart failure at the age of 16 according to the

Guinness Book of World Records.[12]

Roosters can usually be differentiated from hens by their striking plumage of

long flowing tails and shiny, pointed feathers on their necks (hackles) and

backs (saddle) which are typically of brighter, bolder colors than those of

females of the same species. However, in some breeds, such as the Sebright,

the rooster has only slightly pointed neck feathers, the same color as the hen's.

The identification must be made by looking at the comb, or eventually from the

development of spurs on the male's legs (in a few breeds and in certain hybrids

the male and female chicks may be differentiated by color). Adult chickens

have a fleshy crest on their heads called a comb or cockscomb, and hanging

flaps of skin either side under their beaks called wattles. Both the adult male

and female have wattles and combs, but in most breeds these are more

prominent in males. A muff or beard is a mutation found in several chicken

breeds which causes extra feathering under the chicken's face, giving the

appearance of a beard. Domestic chickens are not capable of long distance

flight, although lighter birds are generally capable of flying for short distances,

such as over fences or into trees (where they would naturally roost). Chickens

may occasionally fly briefly to explore their surroundings, but generally do so

only to flee perceived danger.

Poultry farming

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food,

for both their meat and their eggs.The vast majority of poultry are raised

using intensive farming techniques. According to the Worldwatch

Institute, 74 percent of the world's poultry meat, and 68 percent of eggs

are produced this way. One alternative to intensive poultry farming is

free range farming.

Chickens reared for meat Chickens farmed for meat are called broiler chickens. Chickens will

naturally live for 6 or more years, but broiler chickens typically take less

than 6 weeks to reach slaughter size. A free range or organic meat

chicken will usually be slaughtered at about 14 weeks of age.

Chickens reared for eggs



Chickens farmed for eggs are called egg-laying hens. In total, the UK

alone consumes over 29 million eggs per day. Some hen breeds can

produce over 300 eggs per year. After 12 months of laying, the

commercial hen's egg-laying ability starts to decline to the point where

the flock is unviable. Hens, particularly from battery cage systems, are

sometimes infirm, have lost a significant amount of their feathers, and

their life expectancy has been reduced from around 7 years to less than

2 years.[25] In the UK and Europe, laying hens are then slaughtered and

used in processed foods, or sold as "soup hens".[25] In some other

countries, flocks are sometimes force moulted, rather than being

slaughtered, to reinvigorate egg-laying.

The Different Parts of a chicken





Pig

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the Suidae family of

even-toed ungulates. Pigs include the domestic pig, its ancestor the wild

boar, and several other wild relatives. Pigs are omnivores and are highly

social and intelligent animals.

In this picture it shows a two day old piglet.

Description and behaviour A typical pig has a large head with a long snout which is strengthened by

a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip.[1] The snout

is used to dig into the soil to find food and is a very acute sense organ.

There are four hoofed toes on each foot, with the two larger central toes



bearing most of the weight, but the outer two also being used in soft

ground.

The dental formula of adult pigs is , giving a total of 44 teeth. The rear

teeth are adapted for crushing. In the male the canine teeth form tusks,

which grow continuously and are sharpened by constantly being ground

against each other.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Theria

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Suidae

Subfamily: Suinae

Genus: Sus

Linnaeus, 1758

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_classification


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chordate


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theria


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutheria


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even-toed_ungulate


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suidae


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suinae


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus














Labelled Diagram of a pig



SheepSheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as

livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order

Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name "sheep" applies

to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always

refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep

are also the most numerous species of sheep.

Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and

Asia. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural

purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and

milk. A sheep's wool is the most widely used animal fiber, and is usually harvested by shearing. Ovine meat is called lamb when from younger

animals and mutton when from older ones. Sheep continue to be

important for wool and meat today, and a



re also

occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms forscience.

Conservation status

Domesticated


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_status








Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Subfamily: Caprinae

Genus: Ovis

Species: O. aries

Labelled diagram of the

sheep






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprinae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovis



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprinae








Goat The domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat

domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the family Bovidae and is closely related to the

sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are

over three hundred distinct breeds of goat.

Goats are one of the oldest domesticated species. Goats have been used

for their milk, meat, hair, and skins over much of the world. In the

twentieth century they also gained in popularity as pets.

Female goats are referred to as does or nannies, intact males as bucks or

billies; their offspring are kids. Castrated males are wethers. Goat meat

from younger animals is called kid or cabrito, and from older animals is

simply known as goat or sometimes called chevon, or in some areas

mutton (which more often refers to adult sheep meat).

Conservation status

Domesticated







Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Subfamily: Caprinae

Genus: Capra

Species: C. aegagrus

Subspecies: C. a.

hircus

Labelled diagram of a goat








http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_antelope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capra_(genus)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Goat




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_antelope









RabbitRabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order

Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world. There are eight differentgenera in the family classified as rabbits, including the European rabbit

(Oryctolagus cuniculus), cottontail rabbits (genus Sylvilagus; 13 species),

and the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi, an endangered species on

Amami Ōshima, Japan). There are many other species of rabbit, and

these, along with pikas and hares, make up the order Lagomorpha. The

male is called a buck and the female is a doe; a young rabbit is a kitten

or kit. The average sleep time of a captive rabbit is said to be 8.4 hours.



Labelled diagram of the

rabbit


Kingdom: Animalia

Superphylum: Chordata

Phylum: Vertebrata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Lagomorpha

Family: Leporidae

in part

Genera

Pentalagus Bunolagus

Nesolagus

Romerolagus

Brachylagus Sylvilagus

Oryctolagus

Poelagus





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrata


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagomorpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leporidae


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentalagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunolagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesolagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romerolagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachylagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvilagus


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Rabbit


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poelagus











http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagomorpha


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrata






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