1. Animal Husbandry
By: DHRUBA MANDAL

2. What is it ?
It is the branch of agriculture concerned with the breeding of farm animals:
Cattle
Pigs
Sheep
Horses
Poultry

3. History of Husbandry
Domestication of wild animals started in the Prehistoric period, and they were:
Sheep (northern Iraq)
Goats (same region)

4. Modern Development Selective breeding Advances in animal nutrition
Vet medicine
Artificial insemination
Embryo transfer

5. Farm Specialists
Breeders
Milkers
Feeders
Health specialists
Vets

6. Cattle have been domesticated since the Neolithic period
Cattle Raising
Cattle have been domesticated since the Neolithic period

7. Breeds of Cattle
A breed is a group of animals of common descent, possessing distinctive characteristics that distinguish them from other groups within the same species

8. The Cattle Family
Cow
Milking cow
Heifer
Milker
Calf Ox
Steer
Bull

9. It is divided into two types
Cattle raising
It is divided into two types
Dairy cattle
Beef Cattle

10. Breeds of Cattle Dairy cattle Pezzata rossa Holstein Black/White
Brown Swiss

11. Breeds of Cattle
Beef cattle
Chianina
Limousine
Simmenthal
Charolais

12. Cows are Ruminants
They have a digestive system that allows them to regurgitate and rechew food
The cud is digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen

13. Stomach Rumen (fermentation vat) Reticulum (rumen’s “assistant”)
Omasum (dehydrator)
Abomasum (true stomach)

14. Cows’ Life Gestation period is 9 months Newborn calf weighs 35-40 kg
Dairy cows are slaughtered when they are 5 years old
Dairy cows provide 90% of world’s milk production
Farmers use machines to milk 100 cows for 1 hour

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