Domestication and Importance of Livestock

The main importance of livestock is (more than one answer)

• Food

• Pets

• Clothing

• weather forecast

Good production of livestock depends on (more than one answer)

• good selection of animals

• good feeding, care and maintenance

• good breeding of animals

• good marketing

Production success depends on the Farmer/Rancher having... (more than one answer)

• knowledge

• skill

• patience

• money

A simple definition of Domestication is...

• selecting animals with desirable characteristics and breeding them

• one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated specimens.

• to adapt the behavior of an animal to fit the needs of people

• the process of converting feed into food (meat)...

Selective breeding is...

• one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated specimens.

• the process of converting feed into food (meat)...

• to adapt the behavior of an animal to fit the needs of people

• selecting animals with desirable characteristics for breeding

Homo sapiens (us) found that in times of scarcity....(more than one answer)

• animal meat and bone marrow could suppliement vegetables and fruits

• animal meat and bone marrow didn't provide any extra nutrition

• animal meat and bone marrow gave greater amounts of proteins, and access to different important nutrients that only a few plants could provide.

• animal meat and bone marrow depleated their nutrient supply

Any animal we raise for the purpose of eating, or deriving some other value out of is called...

• Pets

• Livestock

• Exotic

• Scientific

Modern chickens (gallus gallus domestica) come from the domesticated form of ...

• Flemingo

• Ostrich

• Red Jungle Fowl

• Penguin

The Red Jungle Fowl originated in India, China and Southeast Asia

• True

• False

Red Jungle Fowl were not eaten at first. They were mainly for...

• entertainment by watching the chicks

• Entertainment by Cock fighting

• Entertainment by rolling the eggs

• Entertainment by chicken races