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The North Region is the largest producer of tambaqui. [1] The production of shrimp in Brazil was 41.0 thousand tons in 2017. Rio Grande do Norte (37.7%) and Ceará (28.9%) were the largest producers. Aracati, in Ceará, was the city with the largest participation. [1] The production of oysters, scallops and mussels was 20.9 thousand tons in ...
The Borzoi originated in the sixteenth century Russia by crossing Saluki and European sighthounds with thick-coated Russian breeds. [5] [6] The Borzoi was popular with the Tsars before the 1917 revolution. For centuries, Borzois could not be purchased but only given as gifts from the Tsar.
Livestock production requires large areas of land. Animal husbandry has a significant impact on the world environment. Both production and consumption of animal products have increased rapidly. Since 1950, meat production has tripled, whereas the production of dairy products doubled and that of eggs almost increased fourfold. [78]
This is a list of cattle breeds considered in Brazil to be wholly or partly of Brazilian origin. Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively Brazilian.
It is a Criollo breed, derived from European cattle brought to Brazil by the conquistadors; it has little or no zebuine influence. [5] It was originally a triple-purpose breed, used for draught work and transport, for meat and for milk; in the twenty-first century it is reared principally for beef, but there are also dairy lines.
France is recognized as a major cheese-producing country, and its lean meat breeds are in great demand, leading to the export of breeding stock to every continent. It's worth noting that, for several branches of European breeds, French breeds are the most efficient: Montbéliarde is the strongest milk producer in the pie rouge mountain breed. [19]
Europe: meat, pets Captive-bred 4a Anura: Crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) date uncertain Java: meat Captive-bred 4a Anura: Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) and Indus Valley bullfrog (H. tigerinus) date uncertain China, Thailand: meat, pets Captive-bred 4a Anura: Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) the 14th century CE Europe ...
American staghounds have been known by various names including the "Longdog of the Prairie" and the "American lurcher"; one version is referred to as the "Cold-Blooded Greyhound", these dogs tend to be smooth-coated animals that resemble large Greyhounds, with Greyhounds being the predominant breed in their ancestry and other sighthound blood ...