Livestock

Livestock are domestic animals that are kept by people. Their uses are for meat, milking, wool, leather, or labor. Taking care of livestock is animal husbandry. Some types of livestock are: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens. Chickens produce eggs; pigs produce meat; cattle, goats and sheep create milk, and sheep also create wool.^[1] Horses, cattle, camels, llamas, water buffalo, and other large animals do work for people, such as pulling wagons and other vehicles.

The breeding, keeping alive, and killing of livestock is called animal husbandry. Animal husbandry have been practiced by humans for a long time. There are different animal husbandry practices used by different cultures. It is an important part of the economy and culture of many countries.

Intensive animal farming, which is sometimes called "factory farming" is mostly used today. 99% of livestock in the US are now raised with intensive animal farming.^[2] Intensive animal farming increases the amount of things we can get from the livestock but it has also led to bad effects on animal welfare, the environment, and public health.^[3]

1. ↑ "livestock | Definition, Examples, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
2. ↑ "USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service - 2012 Census of Agriculture - List of Reports and Publications". www.nass.usda.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
3. ↑ Anomaly, J. (2015-11-01). "What's Wrong With Factory Farming?". Public Health Ethics. 8 (3): 246–254. doi:10.1093/phe/phu001. ISSN 1754-9973. PMC 9757169. PMID 36540869.