The breeding, maintenance, and slaughter of livestock, known as
animal husbandry
, is a component of modern agriculture that has been practiced in many cultures since humanity's transition to farming from hunter-gatherer lifestyles.
What are livestock animals called?
livestock, farm animals, with the exception of poultry. In Western countries the category encompasses primarily
cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses, donkeys, and mules
; other animals, such as buffalo, oxen, llamas, or camels, may predominate in the agriculture of other areas.
What is the term for raising farm animals?
Animal husbandry
is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding and the raising of livestock. … Most livestock are herbivores, except for pigs and chickens which are omnivores.
What is a farmer called?
Related jobs.
Rancher (U.S.)
, grazier (Australia) or stockman. A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock.
What are female cows called?
A heifer
is a female that has not had any offspring. The term usually refers to immature females; after giving birth to her first calf, however, a heifer becomes a cow. An adult male is known as a bull.
What is a female pig called?
Once pregnant, female pigs, commonly called
sows
, carry a litter of around 10 piglets for approximately 114 days before giving birth, according to the animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming.
Is a chicken considered livestock?
Livestock are animals that are kept for production or lifestyle, such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses or poultry.
What do you call a female farmer?
: a woman who is a farmer or farmhand.
What is a professional farmer called?
rancher
(related) 1. 1. agriculturalist. A farmer; one involved with agrarian.
Who lives on farms?
- bailiff. noun. British someone whose job is to look after a farm or land that belongs to someone else.
- cattleman. noun. mainly American someone who owns or looks after cattle.
- cowboy. noun. …
- cowgirl. noun. …
- cowhand. noun. …
- crofter. noun. …
- farmer. noun. …
- farmhand. noun.
Are cows male or female?
The term usually refers to immature females; after giving birth to her first calf, however, a heifer becomes a cow.
An adult male is known as
a bull. Many male cattle are castrated to reduce their aggressive tendencies and make them more tractable.
Is beef from male or female cows?
No, beef can come from both male or female cattle
, although male beef cattle are usually castrated to make the herd easier to manage and to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Male cows who haven't been castrated are called bulls, and we don't commonly eat bull meat.
What's a pregnant cow called?
Heifer
. A heifer is a female bovine from the time she is born, until the time she has her first calf. Then she is a cow. Once the heifer is pregnant (shortly after she turns one year old), she is called a first-calf heifer.
When a female pig gives birth it is called?
The process of a female pig giving birth to piglets or baby pigs is called
farrowing
. Young female pigs that have not yet given birth to a litter of piglets are called gilts; once they have given birth they transition to being called a sow.
Do pigs eat humans?
And when they're not either squealing or talking,
pigs will eat almost anything – including human bones
. In 2012, a farmer in Oregon, America, was eaten by his pigs after having a heart attack and falling into their enclosure. By the time a concerned relative came looking for him, only his dentures were left.
