ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Agriculture / Farming is the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to produce food and other products.

Two types of agricultural production: 1) PLANT PRODUCTION 2) ANIMAL PRODUCTION

ANIMAL PRODUCTION or ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

- is the branch of agriculture concerned with the rearing of livestock. It is very important to us.

IMPORTANCE OF LIVESTOCK ANIMALS:

- Animals provide food, e.g. meat, milk and eggs
- Animals provide raw materials for industry, e.g. leather, fur, wool, bones, ivory, ....
- Animals provide manure, e.g. feces, slurry, cow dung, guano, ....
- Animals provide workforce, e.g. pack animals (animals used to carry loads) - camel packing, donkey packing, .....
- Animals provide transport, e.g. dog sleding, horse riding, camel riding, .....

Animal husbandry is classified according to the commercial purposes as:

A) Meat and Dairy farming B) Poultry farming C) Aquaculture D) Apiculture

a) Meat and Dairy farming

- is the agricultural technique concerned with the production of meat and milk.
- the most importat meat and dairy animals are: cows, sheep, goats, pigs, buffaloes, yaks, ...

• Cows or Cattle farming – In 2014, global cattle numbers at 1.5 billion

- meat from cow is _______________________
- slaughter of cows and eating of this meat is forbidden in Hinduism - India
- top countries: Brazil, India, the USA, China, Argentina, ....
• Sheep farming – In 2014, global sheep numbers at 1.2 billion
- meat from sheep is _____________________
- top countries: China, Australia, India, New Zealand, Iran, ....
• Goat farming – In 2014, global sheep numbers at 1 billion
- meat from goat is ______________________
- top countries: China, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, ....
• Pig farming – In 2014, global pig numbers at 1 billion
- meat from pig is ________________________
- eating of this meat is forbidden in Islam – most Muslim countries
- top countries: China, the USA, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, ....

Task 1: Match the correct pairs - animal + meat: _________________________________________________

1) Cow; 2) Sheep; 3) Goat; 4) Pig; 5) Deer; 6) young Sheep; 7) young Cow;
a) pork; b) veal; c) mutton; d) lamb; e) chevon; f) beef; g) venison;

b) Poultry farming
- is the agricultural technique concerned with the production of eggs and meat.
- the most importat poultry animals are: chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, pigeons, .....