ANFS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mineral Lick, Habituation, Cortisol
12 Sep 2016
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World numbers (in millions) of the major domestic animals: greatest to least: chickens, cows, ducks, sheep, pigs, goats, turkey, bison, horses, donkey, camel, mule. The uses of domestic animals: food and fiber: Food, clothing, by-products for consumer goods and animal feed, manure for fuel and fertilizer: work and draft power. Ex: horses pulling farm equipment or the budweiser horses: research, entertainment, sports and rec, pleasure/ companionship, animal-assisted therapy. Benefit: food and fiber: one of the original reasons for domestication, some religions-animals are considered sacred- do not eat, the usa exceeds the world average for % calories and % protein from animal sources (25. 5 bil. We are eating much more meat than other countries. Factory farming : broiler barns with hundreds of chickens, dairy cow production, beef production, pig barns, larger facilities that are focused on production of a specific animal. Us meat consumption per person (lbs) o. Beef and chicken are now around the same place.
