ACBS 160D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: One Health, Transhumance, Pastoralism

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Animal & Comp Biomed Sciences
• Course: ACBS 160D1
• Professor: H.Steklis, N.Steklis

Document Summary

Settling in temporary camp, allow animals to graze, move on. Seasonal movement of livestock between mountain and lowland pastures. Extensive, established grazing operation often with fences and watering. Continuum : itinerant - to - sedentary. Can complement each other (grazer and browser) Nomads - just walk away to next area. Fencing developed using branches and plated hedges. Hoof and mouth disease epidemic in europe 2001. The one health concept recognizes that the health of humans is connected to the health of animal and the environment. Available in the area we were living/already there. Adapted to mountainous areas that we were living in. Goats and sheep have were easily domesticable because they have very short flight distance so when they are approached by humans the humans can get fairly close. They also do not need a lot of grass so they are easy to maintain.