GGR287H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Omnivore, Monogastric, Entomophagy
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Lecture #8 - nov 8 (agricultural inputs, technologies, and food additives) Pros: less toxic, concentrated source of nutrients (lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals), calories, high-quality proteins & fats, most digestible plants deficient in essential amino acids and vitamins (such as vitamin. B12: most plants more tedious to prepare. Cons: animals can run or fight back, spoils more quickly, contains dangerous parasites. Domesticating vs hunting animals: edible garburators (organic wastes & surplus food crops) Insurance against crop failure (reliability: convenience, milk, transportation, manure, traction power/torque. North america: animals keep getting bigger (faster growth, total herd declining, canada & mexico integrated in us production. India is #1 (south asia, middle east, north africa: brazil rising (export & increased domestic consumption, china increasingly important importers. To reduce: losses of animals to predators, exposure to harsh weather (& resulting diseases, exposure to diseases of wild animals, health monitoring more cost-effective. Unlike broilers, layers are kept in cages to prevent: cannibalism, fighting.
