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