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  2. Pastoralism - Wikipedia

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    A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]

  3. Farmyard Song - Wikipedia

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    The "Farmyard Song" (Roud number 544) is a cumulative song about farm animals, originating in the British Isles and also known in North America. It is known by various titles, such as: "I Bought Me a Cat" "The Green Tree" [1] "The Barnyard Song" [2] [3]

  4. Category:Livestock - Wikipedia

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    The category is for various topics of raising livestock, i.e., domesticated animals, that may be kept or raised in pens, houses, pastures, or farms as part of an agricultural or farming operation, whether for commerce or private use.

  5. Animal husbandry - Wikipedia

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    Many urban children experience animal husbandry for the first time at a petting farm; in Britain, some five million people a year visit a farm of some kind. This presents some risk of infection , especially if children handle animals and then fail to wash their hands ; a strain of E. coli infected 93 people who had visited a British interactive ...

  6. Animal Farm - Wikipedia

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    Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella, in the form of a beast fable, [1] by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. [2] [3] It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy.

  7. Wildlife farming - Wikipedia

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    This has led to the reclassification of 33 wild species as farm animals. [9] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 20,000 wildlife farms have been shut-down in China. In the preceding years, the Chinese government had been promoting and incentivizing the development of the wildlife farming industry, which was valued as 520bn yuan ...

  8. Animal genetic resources for food and agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The diversity of animal genetic resources includes diversity at species, breed and within-breed level. Known are currently 8,800 different breeds of birds and mammals within 38 species used for food and agriculture. [1] The main animal species used for food and agriculture production are cattle, sheep, goats, chickens and pigs. In the livestock ...

  9. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    animal feed, racing, research, show, pets Tame, significant physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 1d Rodentia: Fancy rat a.k.a. laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) the 19th century CE [53] the United Kingdom: animal feed, research, show, pets Tame, some physical and psychological changes