Factors determining animal productivity

• Inheritance: This is the most important factor since as the animal received genes of high productivity, and then it can always have the potential. However, productivity is affected by environmental factors which include:
• Management: This involves proper care for the animal and observation of signs of ill health
• Feeding: Animals that are underfed will have low production and are more prone to diseases.
• Diseases: Irrespective of the animal’s potential of production diseases will always lower the animal’s production.
• Climate: Under this, the most important factors are temperature rainfall and humidity. High temperatures of the day increase evaporation of water from the animal’s body which reduces milk production in lactating animals.
• Humidity: High humidity reduces evaporation of water from the animal’s body hence conserving it for other productive purposes like milk secretion.
• Parasites: apart from transmitting pathogens, animal parasites can extract a lot of nutrients that are supposed to be used by the animals’ body.

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