Animal Husbandry

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Animal Husbandry

• Giacomini Mattia
• Inglese
• 3A

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What is it ?

• It is the branch of agriculture concerned with
  the breeding of farm animals
• Cattle
• Pigs
• Sheep
• Horses
• Poultry

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History of Husbandry

• Domestication of wild animals started in the
  Prehistoric period, and they were
• Sheep (northern Iraq)
• Goats (same region)

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Modern Development

• Selective breeding
• Advances in animal nutrition
• Vet medicine
• Artificial insemination
• Embryo transfer

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Farm Specialists

• Breeders
• Milkers
• Feeders
• Health specialists
• Vets

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Cattle Raising

• Cattle have been domesticated since the Neolithic
  period

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Breeds of Cattle

• A breed is a group of animals of common descent,
  possessing distinctive characteristics that
  distinguish them from other groups within the
  same species

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The Cattle Family

• Cow
• Milking cow
• Heifer
• Milker
• Calf
• Ox
• Steer
• Bull

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Cattle raising

• It is divided into two types

Dairy cattle
Beef Cattle
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Breeds of Cattle

• Dairy cattle

Pezzata rossa
Holstein Black/White
Brown Swiss
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Breeds of Cattle

• Beef cattle

Chianina
Limousine
Simmenthal
Charolais
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Cows are Ruminants
They have a digestive system that allows them to
regurgitate and rechew food
The cud is digested by specialized microorganisms
that live in the rumen
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Stomach

• Rumen (fermentation vat)
• Reticulum (rumens assistant)
• Omasum (dehydrator)
• Abomasum (true stomach)

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Cows Life

• Gestation period is 9 months
• Newborn calf weighs 35-40 kg
• Dairy cows are slaughtered when they are 5 years
  old
• Dairy cows provide 90 of worlds milk
  production
• Farmers use machines to milk 100 cows for 1 hour