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  2. Watering trough - Wikipedia

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    A watering trough on a stock route, Australia A Bills horse trough in Sebastian, Victoria, Australia Sheep watering trough, Idaho, 1930s. A watering trough (or artificial watering point) is a man-made or natural receptacle intended to provide drinking water to animals, livestock on farms or ranches or wild animals.

  3. Concentrated animal feeding operation - Wikipedia

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    In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year. An animal unit is the equivalent of 1,000 pounds of "live" animal weight. [1]

  4. Livestock - Wikipedia

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    It is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 33% of the fresh water usage in the world, [56] and livestock, and the production of feed for them, occupy about a third of Earth's ice-free land. [57] Livestock production is a contributing factor in species extinction , desertification , [ 58 ] and habitat destruction . [ 59 ]

  5. Precision livestock farming - Wikipedia

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    Precision livestock farming (PLF) is a set of electronic tools and methods used for the management of livestock. PLF involves automated monitoring of animals to improve their production, reproduction, health, welfare, and impact on the environment. PLF tracks large animals, such as cows, "per animal", but smaller animals, such as poultry, "per ...

  6. Ballcock - Wikipedia

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    Ballcock. A ballcock (also balltap or float valve) is a mechanism or machine for filling water tanks, such as those found in flush toilets, while avoiding overflow and (in the event of low water pressure) backflow. The modern ballcock was invented by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez, a Mexican priest and scientist, who described the device in ...

  7. Ball valve - Wikipedia

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    A ball valve is a flow control device which uses a hollow, perforated, and pivoting ball to control fluid flowing through it. It is open when the hole through the middle of the ball is in line with the flow inlet, and closed when it is pivoted 90 degrees by the valve handle, blocking the flow. [1] The handle lies flat in alignment with the flow ...

  8. Fake cows ready for milking at US state fairs as bird flu ...

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    The sisters from Cuba City, Wisconsin, instead hauled other cattle to show at the event's Dairy Lane, where fairgoers petted and took selfies with animals topping the scales at more than 1,000 ...

  9. Bills horse troughs - Wikipedia

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    Each trough cost £13 plus transport and installation. [1] The majority of the troughs were installed in Victoria and New South Wales between 1930 and 1939. [1] Initially the troughs were individually designed and constructed, however by the early 1930s, J. B. Phillips, a relative of the Bills, became the head contractor.

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