Sistem
peternakan unggas
By
Y. L. Henuk and Made Sudarma
Review
Journal
thursday, 14 February 2013
“Systems of poultry husbandry” by C.A. Bailey, S.Y.F.G.Dillak, S. S.
Sembiring, and Y.L. Henuk on the 5th International Seminar on
Tropical Animal Production, pp.335-341 (Community Empowerment and Tropical Animal
Industry),
October 19-22,
2010, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
There are many
systems employed in poultry husbandry but each represents an aconomic method of
poultry production under a given situation. The type, the area and location of
a farm partly determine the system to be adopted. The economic status, time and
the understanding of the farmer also help to determine which system is used. For
a poultry husbandry system to be considered as less intensive, or an ‘alternative
system’, it should be: (1) less confining – birds kept in cages should have
more room to get up and lie down fully; (2) less crowded – birds in pens should
be kept in smaller groups and with more floor area per bird; and (3) better
able to meet the bird’s food and perching requirements. The systems which are
most suited to small scale poultry husbandry are: (1) free range, in which the
birds can roam at will over an extensive area; (2) intensive, in which the
birds are wholly confined, such as the deep-litter system; and (3)
semi-intensive, in which the birds are partially confined, but have at least
occasional access to an outside run or scratching shed or straw yard. Among them,
the extensive systems or the traditional systems are not only favoured by a
small minority of farmers, but already have a place in many developing
countries.
Key words: poultry husbandry, cages, barn system, free range
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