Post on 16-Jan-2015
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Overview of Livestock Animal Production
500,000 years ago man controls fire
Domestication of plants and animals
Domestic Animal – bred in captivity for purposes of economic profit to a human community, with complete human control over its breeding, organization of territory and food supply
Development of civilization linked & dependent upon use of animals: why? what used for?
1. Food - less time for hunting/gathering
2. Clothing - human population expansion to cold areas
3. Power - plant more cropland, travel - trade goods & ideas
Agriculture efficiency increased
Do animals get anything out of this?
What do animals provide humans?
Basic Human Needs
1. food - meat, milk, eggs, blood
2. clothing - wool, hair, hides, pelts
3. work & power - draft, pack, guide & guard
4. shelter - hides
5. Fuels - fats, oils, manure
6. Emotional well being - companion animals
7. Physical well being – human therapeuticsanimal research
8. Miscellaneous - entertainment (rodeos, racing, zoo, circus, bull fights), currency, fertilizers, gelatin, cosmetics, soaps, lubricants, greases, floor waxes, etc.
Basic Human Needs
Livestock animal production
Inputs
Animals
Livestock animal production
Inputs
Feed
Nutrition
Livestock animal productionInputs
Reproduction
Animal Health
Animal Behavior
Waste management
FACTORY FARMING
The animals live indoors in pens or cages. Farmers feed the animals often with pellet feed produced in factories. This means farmers can raise lots of animals in a small space.
FREE RANGE FARMING
Free range farming. The animals live outdoors. They eatthe food they find in the fields. This is a more natural wayto farm, but each animal needs a lot of space.
FISHINGCOASTAL FISHING
Near the coast. Sardines, anchovies and whiting.
Mussels are taken from here.Anchiovies
Bateas in Galicia
DEEP SEA FISHINGFar from the coast. Fishermen are often at sea for weeks or eben months. Fishermen use large boats and fishing nets. Hake, cod and swordfish