Sentences with phrase «as small livestock»

Goat Milk Compared to bigger animals such as cattle and horses, goats are considered as small livestock animals and are among the earliest animals domesticated by humans.

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It requires an entire system overhaul, from the design of our stables for livestock, to the fact that small piglets will require more «mum time» as antibiotics can not longer be used to speed up the process of shifting them from milk to a solid food diet.

«I'd like us to be known as the company that helps the customer take that next step, whether it is to venture into small livestock production or invest in the newest corn planter out there,» she says.

As a result of the small population and the large ratio of livestock to people, Australian red meat production far exceeds domestic consumption, making Australia one of the largest exporters of red meat in the world.

The small but dedicated group originally shunned all meat on ethical and environmental grounds, opposing the way domestic livestock was kept and killed, as well as the impact that large - scale farming had on the planet.

«Our findings reflect what small - livestock farmers often tell us: that the jackal is a much more challenging threat than larger carnivores such as caracal or even leopard,» said lead author and PhD candidate Marine Drouilly, of the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

The bones in middens help explain why: As temperatures fell, people in the large farms continued to eat beef and other livestock whereas those in smaller farms turned to seal and caribou, as Diamond had suggesteAs temperatures fell, people in the large farms continued to eat beef and other livestock whereas those in smaller farms turned to seal and caribou, as Diamond had suggesteas Diamond had suggested.

It is their job to ride into small rural communities, buy up the drilling rights for less than they're worth, and say little about any possible environmental damage, such as dead livestock, poisoned water supplies and soils that have been rendered infertile.

It has been written by people with many years of experience, all of whom have started small and progressed to keeping large farm livestock as their knowledge, skills and available resources have increased.

He will not be adopted as a true lgd as he just didn't take his job seriously enough, too playful and would prefer to be with his people; but he would do well as a family pet on a small farm as he is livestock safe for a family that either has adult livestock only or can restrict his access to the babies.

Their original — and current — purpose as a breed is to guard smaller livestock against predators like coyotes, foxes, and mountain lions.

Following this, the flexible design allows students to focus on careers in small animal, large animal, equine, livestock, zoologic or mixed animal practices as well as poultry, laboratory animal, aquatic medicine, pathology, public health or research.

Developed in Hungry, the Puli is a small to medium - sized breed that is primarily used for herding purposes, as well as for guarding livestock.

Give puppy a chance to learn how to interact with cats, to observe small caged animals, and even to visit with larger animals such as livestock or police horses if possible.

However, the increasing number of livestock in the areas of distribution, such as the steppes of central Asia, some burrows are at a small risk of being destroyed.

And I may run into this problem as my brother and I want to have a small family hobby livestock farm.

Dogs at puppy mills are treated as livestock, living their lives in small cages until they are too old to breed.

Mill dogs / cats are classified as livestock and forced to spend their entire life in a small cage.

It can be trusted with small, young and helpless animals of any kind, but it has to be watched as a young pup with some supervision as it usually takes a pup 18 months to become a livestock guardian dog.

Please list all animals living in your home, including small pets like rabbits or hamsters and also livestock such as chickens, horses or goats.

As a veterinarian, I'm convinced that the ingestion of raw meat from captive livestock and captive raised prey represent a very small risk of parasite contraction.

Though we are primarily a companion animal care facility, we do offer a number of important services primarily for equines and small livestock such as sheep and goats.

Much as with our equine friends, we provide small livestock — primarily sheep and goats — with general health exams and are able to treat a number of minor illnesses and injuries.

A Siberian will climb fences, leap fences, dig under fences, wriggle under gates, even eat through fences, slip through doors and windows, slip out of collars and harnesses... all in the name of an opportunity to explore the world — and get into whatever trouble he or she can find: hit by moving traffic as the Siberian Husky has no street sense or homing instinct whatsoever, free to chase and kill cats and other small pets, get into dogfights, chase horses and cattle (thus being at risk for injury by kicking or being shot by livestock owners), find poisoned or spoiled meat, pick up ticks and other parasites.

We can accommodate dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, pocket pets and small livestock, such as mini horses, potbellied pigs and goats.

Has your dog ever attacked another domesticated animal species (such as cats or livestock but not «small pets» like hampsters, guinea pigs, etc.) resulting in severe injury or death to the other animal?

The breed was developed as a herding and companion dog, and their small size was created to suit the smaller sized livestock on the Shetland Islands.

For tips on disaster planning for livestock, horses, birds, reptiles, or small animals such as gerbils and hamsters, please visit The Humane Society of the United States or Ready.gov.

Adoption fees for parrots, large exotic birds, geese, turkeys, chickens, ducks, small and large livestock birds are determined by Animal Welfare Department managers, as are fees for snakes, lizards, turtles, and fish.

It also seems that people just have way too many things happening in their lives to get into breeding livestock, in general, as I've heard it can be hard to find small animals as well.

Large animal practice is mostly haul - in companion horses and livestock of cattle and small ruminants, with ambulatory services available as needed.

Activities include crop rotation, erosion control, soil fertility improvements, as well as the establishment of small agro-businesses, such as small - scale livestock and poultry production.

The report predicts that world demand for crops — whether for food, livestock feed or biofuels — will double in the next 50 years, while natural resources necessary to agriculture are becoming scarce or degraded due to the impacts of global climate change.According to the report, areas of focus include sub-Saharan Africa, with the report indicating that farm subsidies for commodities such as cotton and oilseeds in wealthier countries need to be changed as they force prices down for small farmers in developing nations.