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Technology
and
LivelihoodEducation
Quarter 1 – Module 7:
KINDS OF FOUR-LEGGED ANIMALS/
FISH BEING RAISED AS A MEANS
OF LIVELIHOOD

AGRICULTURE
(Grade 6)
Subject Area -TLE AGRICULTURE GRADE 6
Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1– Module 7:KINDS OF FOUR-LEGGED ANIMALS/FISH BEING RAISED
AS A MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

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The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
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are now using.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

✓ Identify kinds of four-legged animals/fish being raised as means of
livelihood.(TLE6AG-0h-9)
✓ List down possible hazards that animal raising can cause to the people in the
community. (TLE6AG-0h-9)

What I Know

Hello! Why Animals raising a popular backyard business?

How do you raise animals in scientific way? What benefit do you get from
raising animals? Is it important to raised animals/fish? Why? Do you have
animals at home?

Animal raising is a popular livelihood of many Filipino families.

Backyard raising the most common in many rural areas whether this is fish,
goat, or cattle raising. It is always best to start on the backyard and later go
on large-scale.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

• Guide you on how to plan for animals to raise, how to take
care of each animal and how you can market them.

Before we start our lesson, may I know what you learned about
animals by answering the following questions?

Take this test to find out how much you have learned from the lesson.

Directions: Match Column A with column B. Write the letter of the

correct answer in the blank before each number.

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 A B.

____1.Livelihood A.vaccinations to protect animals

from disease
____2.Milkfish B.source of income
____3. Cow meat C. a place to contain animal waste
____4.Goat meat D.contamination of the environment
brought by animal waste
____5.Pollution E.can be raised in brackish or saltwater
pond
____6.Flies and insects F.beef
____7. Septic tank G. carries of disease-causing organism
____8.Immunization H.chevon
____9.Quarantin I.to isolate from the animals
___10. Shellfish J. mussels, oyster, clams
K. inflamed intestinal and body feces

Lesson Kinds of Four-legged animals/fish

being raised as means of
7 livelihood.

What’s In

Are you ready to our new topic? But before we proceed to our topic, may I
check your knowledge about our previous topic on the importance four-legged
animal in the community.

Some Filipino families engage themselves in animal raising. Can you

enumerate kinds of animal to be raise for livelihood?
How are you coping with our lesson? I hope you are curious about the
activities we will discuss in this module

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 Activity 1: Where do I belong?
Objective:
In this activity, you will:
1. Identify the kind of four-legged animals/fish being raised as means of
livelihood

A
Complete the statement by filling in the blank.

Fish Cow Tilapia

Milkfish
Catfish Goat carp

1. ______________ one of the most farm animals.

2. ______________ animal easy to raised and resistant to diseases
3. ______________ a member of Bovidae
4. ______________ bright and silver colored fish species.
5. ______________ animal that commonly domesticated or commercially
produced

Direction: Encircle the four-legged animals that being

raised as means of livelihood.

TILAPIA GOAT SHEEP SNAKE

MILKFISH CARABAO

COW OYSTER SHRIMP HORSE

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 What’s New

Before we will proceed, let us know the kinds of animals to

raised?

Do you have an idea how to raise four-legged /two legged

animals/fish?

Here are some examples of these animals.

1. Cow is a domesticated ungulate, a member of the family

Bovidae. Cows are raised as livestock for meat (beef and veal)
dairy products (milk) and as draught animal (pulling carts,
plowing among others).

2. Goat is an animal that is easy to raise, resistant to disease

and eats plants such as dry grasses. Growing goats does not
require wide spaces and the abundant supply grasses in the
farm make it an ideal place for the production of these animals.

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 3. Milkfish a bright and silver colored fish species that can be
raised in brackish or saltwater ponds and also in marine water
fish pens.

4. Tilapia is a species of fish that can be raised in farm

cultured ponds. This type of fish is usually grown in fresh
water and its culture started in the 1970’s in Laguna de Bay.

5. Catfish a type of fish that has a large head and long thin
parts that look like a cat’s whiskers around its mouth. This
type of fish has the ability to live for a long time out of water
like during draughts.

6. Carp is one of the most farmed fish out of the many ornamental
fish species.

How are you coping with our lesson? I hope you are eager to
learn more about the kinds of animal to raise as means of livelihood.

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 Direction: Discuss the following.
1. What is the advantage of choosing the right animals to raise as a
means of livelihood?
______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
2. What is the important of raising an animal as a means of livelihood?
_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________

Ask: What will happen if animal houses are not properly maintained?
When animals and their houses are not properly maintained it can cause
number of hazards for the people in the neighborhood and community. Are you
eager to know what these hazards are and how to prevent these? Do you have
animals at home? What safety measure do you apply to prevent illness?

What’s More
Activity 2
Directions: List down some possible hazards that animal raising can cause
to the people and community. Write your answer inside the petals
of the flower. Do this in your TLE notebook.

Possible
hazard that
animal raising
can cause to
the people and
community

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 Let’s Know

• Possible Hazards of Animal Raising to People in the Community

1. Pollution- Animal waste that is not properly disposed and is left exposed
in the backyard can produce a very unpleasant smell causing air
pollution. It can attract flies and insects which can be carries ofdiseases-
causing bacteria and other.

2. Infection and diseases – Flies and insects carrying disease- causing

bacteria can settle on food and belongings of the family members, thus
contaminating the food and belongings which cause diarrhea, food
infection, skin infection, and other diseases.

3. Fly and insect infestations – if not controlled, flies and other insects
can multiply fast, then spread out in the community causing
disturbance, stress, and diseases.

Animal and fish raising is one of the sources of livelihood of many

Filipinos especially in the rural areas. It is a small industry that can be
done in one’s backyard or vacant lot with knowledge, skill and hard work.
It can be a profitable business. However, there are some to consider for it
will brought hazards to neighborhood and community. There are ways to
prevent hazards brought about by raising animals.

Activity 3

Directions: Write a (/) if the statement shows ways on how to

prevent hazards brought about by raising animals and X if the
statement does not show way on how to prevent hazards. Write
you answer on the blank.

_________1.Bath animals regularly.

_________2. Establish the housing of the animals near from
houses and the neighborhood.
_________3. Throw the animal waste anywhere.
_________4. Clean and disinfect regularly the houses of animals.
_________5. Consult a veterinarian regularly to ensure the health
condition of every animal

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• Ways to Prevent Hazards Brought About By Raising
Animals
1. Put up septic tanks for proper disposal of animal waste.
2. Establish the housing animals far from the houses and
neighborhood.
3. Have sufficient fences/ walls and tries to minimize air pollution
caused by wastes.
4. Clean and disinfect regularly the houses of animals.
5. Bathe animals regularly.
6. Have adequate space for animals to move about for exercise and
promote good health.
7. Quarantine new hogs for 30 days before having them join other hogs
to ensure safety and health of the regular hogs as well as new one.
8. Consult an veterinarian regularly to ensure the health condition of
every animal.
9. Animal that die must be buried properly and immediately to prevent
the spread of possible infection and disease.
10. Maintain a health and sanitation program for animals to ensure their
health and safety.

Remember These
• There are ways to prevent or minimize the hazards mainly by
implementing regularly a health and sanitation program for the
animals.

Words for Study

Study the meaning of each word.

1. Hazard – danger ; risk

2. Benefit – advantage ; useful
3. Livelihood – means of support ; occupation

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 4. Market demand – based on the need of buyers or consumer
5. Prevent – to keep from happening
6. Sanitation – cleanliness
7. Health – from disease ; sound body condition

Bring Out
Direction: Explain
1. How do you minimize/prevent hazards in animal raising?
____________________________________________
__________________________________________

2. Why is important to know the feedback of the community when

raising an animal/fish raising?
_________________________________________
_________________________________________

With the increasing population, there is a corresponding increase in the

demand for good meat as well as fish: some of it bangus, tilapia
shrimps, and other fish harvested from rivers, lakes and the sea.
The production of cattle/cow, goat and carabao comes from backyard
raising. The meat of these animals goes directly to different markets in
our country and is sold for household consumption.

Activity 4
Direction: Classify the animal/fish according to their market demands,
products/by-product.
Write the name of animals on the different parts of butterfly

Tilapia Cow Duck

Goat Milkfish Shrimps

Chiken Turkey Hito Carp

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MeatMilk Eggs

Some Activit

Activity to add (Online)

Create an advertisement in marketing /beef/fish and some by-

products. The advertisement is for online selling. Market is
catchy, attractive and enticing to be effective. Present in class
evaluation.

ACTIVITY 5
A
Directions:List down at least five direct consumers and five retailers in
your community.

Direct Consumer Retailer

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

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 Activity B
Directions:Classify the animal/fish according to their market demands,
products/by product by checking the corresponding description.

Animal/fish Meat Eggs Milk

1. Tilapia

2. Cow

3. Carp

4. Goat

5. Turkey

6. Milkfish

7. Chicken

8. Hito

9. Shrimps

10. Talaba

What is it?

o The market demands for meat and fish are increasing due to
increasing population.

Word for study

1. marketing – process of putting up merchandise for sale.

2. By-products – those that come from the animal other than its meat
and made into other products. Example: cow’s milk made into cheese,
yugourt, pastillas, and the like.

Bring Out
Direction: Discuss/Explain

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 1. Why is animal/fish raising a profitable business ?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

2. What benefits do we derive in animal/fish raising?

_______________________________________________
_____________________________________

Now you know about animal raising, do you like to raise your own
animal someday? Do you know somebody whose occupation is animal/fish
raising in your community? Do you like to work in a farm/ fishpond?
Let’s know some person whose occupation is animal/fish raising.

Here is some person whose occupation is animal (four-legged)/fish raising.

Jimuel Omila – work as operation marketing at SMG Aqua venture

located at Purok 21, Sitio Royeca, Bula General Santos City. He
is 28 years old his experienced taught him a lot in handling
fingerlings (Milkfish) for six years in the business. Before he is a
field worker, like feeding fishes but because he is a hard work
and discipline he is promoted to a higher position.

Hernani Dela Costa – work as Feeder of Milkfish at SMG Aqua

venture. He is a hardworking man. He is 58 years old. As a worker
he gave proper food on time to fishes so that fishes will be harvest
at a right time.

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Santi Lagnayan – he is the head in the Field of SMG Aqua venture.
He inspect every now and then that all the fishes in the pond have
the right amount of food. Santi is not a native of General Santos
City. He is from Malita, Davao Occidental. He has an experienced
of seven (7) years in Blackish fish raising. Working in SMG is fun
and enjoyable. He love his work and the fish.

RodegioGananahan- this man raised four-legged animal. He raised

cow as source of living. He is 44 years old. He live in Purok 21,
SitioRoyeca, Bula General Santos City

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 Assessment

Good Job! Let’s test what you have learned from the very start of our lesson.

Direction: Match Column A with column B. Write the letter of the

correct answer in the blank before each number.

A B.

1. Cow A. chevon
2. Hazard B. Contamination of the
Environment brought by
Animal waste
3. Livelihood C. beef
4. Pollution D. carries of disease
causing organism
5. Shellfish E. a place to contain animal
Waste
6. Quarantine F. Danger
7. Goat meat G. source of income
8. Septic tank H. isolate from the animals
9. Flies and Insects I. inflamed intestinal and body feces
10. Sanitation J. mussels, oyster, clams
K. Cleanliness

Additional Activities

Congratulations! You’ve come this far. I know you’ve learned a lot in animal
four -legged/fish raising. Now for your additional activities, just list down
the following written in the box

Things that I learned from the lesson

1.____________________________________
2.____________________________________
3. ____________________________________
4. ____________________________________
5. ____________________________________

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 Answer Key

References:
• Learning and Living in the 21st Century
• Home Economics and Livelihood education Worktext
Pages 251-272
• Internet ( Google)

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