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The Landrace and the Large White are, today, the dominant breed of pig in commercial production in Ireland. In the decades 1960 to 1990, a government breeding programme brought about rapid improvements in carcass leanness in both, a process further supported by importation of high-quality breeding stock. [30]
The Borzoi [a] or Russian Hunting Sighthound [b] is a Russian breed of hunting dog of sighthound type. It was formerly used for wolf hunting , [ 1 ] : 125 and until 1936 was known as the Russian Wolfhound.
They were probably also the first cattle bred mainly for milk production, with other breeds being developed mainly for draught and meat. The climate of southwestern Ireland was suitable for milk production year-round, and the Celts also stored milk in the form of cheese and butter.
Wolves were hunted in both Czarist and Soviet Russia with borzoi by landowners and Cossacks. [7] Covers were drawn by sending mounted men through a wood with a number of dogs of various breeds, [8] including deerhounds, staghounds and Siberian wolfhounds, as well as smaller greyhounds and foxhounds, [2] as they made more noise than borzoi. [8]
Cattle feedlot in Colorado, United States. 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, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock.
It is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 33% of the fresh water usage in the world, [57] and livestock, and the production of feed for them, occupy about a third of Earth's ice-free land. [58] Livestock production is a contributing factor in species extinction, desertification, [59] and habitat destruction. [60]
Two semi-feral populations of these cattle were later given separate breed status as the Chillingham Wild Cattle in Northumbria [12] and the Vaynol herd from Gwynedd in North Wales, [13]. In the United States it is known as the Ancient White Park ; the American White Park is a different breed.
A prize-winning Irish Moiled. The Irish Moiled is a rare cattle breed from Ireland. [1] [2] It is a dual-purpose breed, reared for both beef and milk.It originated in County Leitrim, County Sligo, County Down, and County Donegal, but the breed is now found throughout Ireland.