Livestock

The Agriculture industry is filled with a variety of interest groups that on a day-to-day basis seek to better the industries they represent. The meat industry has become one of the fastest growing industries in recent years with beef and chicken being the lead contenders, demonstrated by figure 1. The majority of meat and poultry producers seek the help of interest groups in order to have a source of information and representation. The North American Meat Institute represents the interest of…

The BLM an agency that most people tend to not have a clue about. Most people may ask what it does and what are its effects on people and policies? Well the BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management and it controls more than 250 million acres of land in the United States today. To put that in perspective that amount of land is more than more notable agencies such as the National Park Service and Wildlife Service. This agency has been at the forefront of many disputes over the course of our…

MULESING Mulesing is the act of cutting off extra skin around the bottom of a sheep. It is completed by many sheep farmers in Australia in order to lower the chance of their sheep getting fly struck. When a sheep gets fly struck it means that they have had flies lay eggs around their bottom because it was not clean. The maggots then hatch from the eggs and eat the sheep from inside to out. Many people believe that the act of mulesing is barbaric, animal cruelty and should be banned across…

Horse are useful they are used for many reasons they are used for ranching, therapy, having fun, jousting, racing, and many other things. They live in pastures Texas and other states they live horses were roaming the west lands before the pilgrims arrived when people got done working with them they set them free. Wild horse Annie act is what protected wild horses everybody wanted to kill them and slotter them until the wild horse lawn came out. Helicopters are used to gather wild horses because…

" Ewww! What happened to your arm? ", questioned Austin. Like every Sunday, I get up, get ready for church, eat lunch, and go see the horses because we had them boarded in Woodville and we could not go and see them everyday. We lived in Scottsboro Alabama and in the city you are not allowed to have farm animals, that is why we had to board them. But this Sunday was a little different. We decided to ride our horses today. I love riding horses, it makes me feel free. Our horses are Tennessee…

Selenium plays an important role in boar nutrition via participating in selenoprotein synthesis. It seems likely that selenoproteins are central for antioxidant system regulation in the body. Se-dependent enzyme glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) is the most studied selenoprotein in swine production. However, roles of other selenoproteins in boar semen production and maintenance of semen quality also need to be studied. Boar semen is characterised by a high proportion of easily oxidized long chain…

Wild Horses running Rampant Though it seems ruthless to kill the mustang horses, it is better to slaughter some of them because there is so much overpopulation. Many Mustang's daily are running wild in the desert and the number of horses are gradually getting bigger. "In Nevada, home to half the remaining wild horse herds, ranchers call mustang slaughter a humane solution to overpopulation. “If I was a horse and had the choice of dying of old age standing in some government corral or being…

(My stance on veganism on both sides) (I myself have a vegan diet and have no desire to call myself a "vegan") it has a sort of negative stigma associated w/ it these days because of many vegans lack of empathy for other humans. I am a human being, what are you? Oh right, you are human too! I should love myself as I love the cow, the cow as I love the cat down the road and my neighbor. If you are trying to make a point be in conscious light. Make logical points if you will but get to the…

Cats may be considered domesticated but really cats chose to live with humans to benefit them better. It started in ancient egypt and moved around the world. Domesticated cats can be found all around the world nowadays. People have taken cats into their homes to claim them as pets. The domesticated cat started off as a simple rodent hunter that realized humans are useful to them and decided to stick with the human comunitte. We have spread cats all around the world and with each new generation…

During early trans-Saharan trade, people used cattle to carry their goods. During this time trade was mostly based on salt. The Berber nomads were trading salt for food grown in areas that they didn’t live in. The cattle that they were using to trade were not like the ones we know today; they were accustomed to the desert conditions and therefore very useful for the Trans-Saharan traders. Shillington states that it is possible that they traders also used horses for travel. Because they traders…