Ideal Housing Systems for Sheep to Cope with Climate Change

摘要: Defining single unequivocal means of housing requirement for sheep is difficult as a versatile species in terms geographical distribution and morphological conformation. However, many the environmental components such solar radiation, temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation have serious effects on productivity. Under changing climatic scenario, impact may be erratic accentuated especially warm tropical regions. Further, rearing based pastoral mixed farming system will more affected by global warming than industrialized system. Concentration relatively congregated at hot arid semi-arid regions tropics, where nomadic grazing type predominant Nonetheless, practices providing shelter to around globe are highly varying feature, which range from folding open space with or without fencing insulated shed that controls ventilation, lighting, feeding, watering artificially. Spatial conditions socioeconomic status farmers, including their legacy community tradition, major factors connected principles adopted farmers. If spatial climate most principal factor decides practices, types sheds can broadly categorized (1) sheds, (2) semi-open (3) enclosed sheds. India some other developing countries, different animal houses constructed production any careful planning designing. practically very little research work has been carried out tropics assess relative suitability production. Though isolated reports effect physiological response, behavior, growth existing, no long-term studies respect economy flock conducted. Whatever evidence available indicated suitable during provide comfort animals protecting them direct radiation improve productive performance.