INTRODUCTION TO

ANIMAL SCIENCE
Man, Animals and Ecosystem

”Be fertile and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion
over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and over all the living
things that move on earth”. God Also said, “See, I give you every
seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-
bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the animals of the land,
all the birds of the air and all the living creatures that crawl on the
ground, I give all the green plants for food”.

Genesis 1:28-29

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 Man, Animals and Ecosystem
• Ecology- the branch of biology that deals with the relation of living things to their
environment and to each other

• In an ecosystem, the continues growth of plants and animals depends on

maintenance of the balance between the food producers (plants) and the food
consumers (animals and man)

• Thus, animal productions are extremely under wide range of environment such as
the physical and chemical conditions (climate, soil & water resources, pollution);
biological condition (plant sources of food, disease and pest) and human factor
(cultural condition, social structure of raisers and involvement in the economic
systems).

• Performance and production of animals are influenced by genetics and

environmental factors
Ecological System Components and their
Interrelationships
 FARM
ANIMAL
AND THEIR
USES
BIRDS
PROBLEMS OF THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Insufficient/unstable Presence of Frequent climatic

supply of feeds diseases disturbances

Lack of finances Slow technology

transfer
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PROBLEMS OF THE ANIMAL INDUSTRY

Poor management Records Adaptability problems of

practices/lack of animals
technical knowledge

Land conversion Marketing

Poultry and
Livestock
Sector

Total production volume of livestock and poultry in the Philippines

in 2019, by type(in 1,000 metric tons)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117004/philippines-production-volume-of-livestock-andpoultry-by-type/
“In animal science, the challenge to all of us is to meet the
demand of the human population for food and other essential
products from animals which is safe and of good quality, in the
most economical and efficient system of production without
endangering our environment ”