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Explain five factors that influence power output by draught animals

Explain five factors that influence power output by draught animals

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john
1. Age- mature animals produce more power output than young animals

2. Health status- a healthy draught animal has higher work output than a sick animal.

3. Ambient temperature- cool temperatures lead to higher work output with a draught animal than poorly maintained animals.

4. Condition of working equipment on well maintained equipment have higher work output with draught animal than poorly maintained ones.

5. Harnessing of the animal- well harnessed animal is more efficient at work than poorly harnessed work.

6. Body weight-a draught animal can pull 10-20 percentage of its body not for 6-8 hours.

7. Breed and type- indigenous animals are more hardy than exotic.

8. Training level-better trained animals have better work output.
john3 answered the question on December 12, 2017 at 02:16

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