livestock

Examples of livestock in the following topics:

• Is everything recyclable?

  • Substances used in the medical and livestock industries, for example, can be unsuitable (some scientists believe that the mad cow disease outbreaks in the UK began when infected sheep carcasses were ground up and recycled as cattle feed).

• The End of the Open Range

  • The use of livestock branding allowed the cattle owned by different ranchers to be identified and sorted.
  • Along with ranchers came the need for agricultural crops to feed both humans and livestock.
  • Until the invention of barbed wire in the 1870s, it was more practical to fence the livestock out of developed land, rather than to fence it in.
  • This occurred often without any regard to land ownership or other public needs, such as mail delivery and movement of other kinds of livestock.
  • In the winter of 1886-1887, as livestock that were already stressed by reduced grazing died by the thousands, many large cattle operations went bankrupt, while others suffered severe financial losses.

• Brucellosis (Undulant Fever)

  • Species infecting domestic livestock are B. melitensis (goats and sheep), B. suis (pigs), B. abortus (cattle), B. ovis (sheep), and B. canis (dogs).
  • Some vaccines used in livestock, most notably B. abortus strain 19, also cause disease in humans if accidentally injected.

• The Middle Classes

  • When sons married, fathers gave them gifts of land, livestock, or farming equipment; daughters received household goods, farm animals, and/or cash.
  • They loaned livestock and grazing land to one another and worked together to spin yarn, sew quilts, and shuck corn.

• The Four Social Revolutions

  • In a pastoralist society, the primary means of subsistence are domesticated animals (livestock).
  • The number of livestock allowed in these areas is regulated in order to sustain the land and to ensure that livestock have enough access to food and water.

• Ranchers, Cowboys, and Cattle

  • The use of livestock branding allowed the cattle owned by different ranchers to be identified and sorted.
  • Along with ranchers came the need for agricultural crops to feed both humans and livestock.
  • In the winter of 1886-1887, as livestock that were already stressed by reduced grazing died by the thousands, many large cattle operations went bankrupt, while others suffered severe financial losses.

• Patterns of Organization: Informative, Persuasive, and Commemorative

  • The U.S. industry standard of giving daily antibiotics to healthy livestock promotes the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
  • The European Union banned the routine feeding of antibiotics to livestock as part of its quest to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
  • The European Union banned the practice of routinely feeding antibiotics to healthy livestock in 2004.

• Commodities and Other Futures

  • Futures traditionally have been linked to commodities such as wheat, livestock, copper, and gold, but in recent years growing amounts of futures also have been tied to foreign currencies or other financial assets as well.

• Ergot Poisoning

  • Thus, this type of fungus can also result in diseases within livestock.

• Productivity Gains in Agriculture

  • (It was noted that calves fed pasteurized milk were less likely to develop tuberculosis, and soon it was found that pasteurization reduced the incidences of several other diseases in humans. ) Keeping livestock indoors in winter reduces the amount of feed needed.