Ruminant Production: Domestication of Livestock Species (Part 2)
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- Domestication of Livestock Species
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Sheep: Domesticated 11,000-15,000 years ago Domesticated in the mountains of Southeast Europe and Central/Southwest Asia. These areas include the countries of: Greece, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Syria Yugoslavia, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Romania, Tajikistan Bulgaria, Afghanistan and Iran
Favorable because of their wool and meat for which they are still used and bred today. Because of selective breeding for traits and other results of domestication, sheep are the only species of livestock that would be unable to return to the wild. 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Cattle: Domesticated 10,000-15,000 years ago Domesticated near the boundary of Europe and Asia and/or Southwest Asia This area includes the countries of: Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Syria, Moldavia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Iraq
In the beginning, cattle were used mainly for meat, milk and labor but eventually were replaced by horses in most of the draft work. 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Horses: Domesticated approx. 5,000 years ago Horses were domesticated in Eastern Europe and Western Asia. This area includes the countries of Mongolia and Siberia. Originally, horses were used for meat and milk, but eventually became useful as pack and draft animals. 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Pigs: Domesticated 5,000 -9,000 years ago Pigs were first domesticated in the Middle East (Mesopotamia) in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Turkey and then spread across Asia, Europe and Africa. Pigs were utilized more in settled farming communities than in nomadic groups because they are difficult to move for long distances. 05/26/2017
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Derived from Latin word- Ruminare – means ‘ to chew over’ A cud chewing, even toed, hoofed animal (cud is a semi-solid and semi-degraded digesta usually in a bolus form) Mammals that have evolved a highly specialized mode of digestion that enables them to ingest/digest/utilize fibrous feeds
Characterized by regurgitation of cud from reticulorumen. Stomach comprises of four compartments: Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum and Abomasum 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Some Common Ruminants 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Some Common Non- Ruminants 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal What’s the difference between ruminants and non ruminants? Anatomy of their stomach Ruminants: four compartments( Rumen, Reticulum, Omasum and Abomasum Non- Ruminants: Simple stomach – Monogastric (only Abomasum) 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Ruminants: Cud chewing ( Regurgitation) Non Ruminants: No regurgitation Physical Difference Ruminants: Posses split/ cloven/ divided/ cleft hoove Non Ruminants: Donot posses hoove. ( except- pig, horse) Have claws 05/26/2017 Krishna Aryal
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Training Institute For Technical Instruction(TITI) Sanothimi- Bhaktapur, Nepal Sheep: Domesticated 11,000-15,000 years ago Domesticated in the mountains of Southeast Europe and Central/Southwest Asia. These areas include the countries of: Greece, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Hungary, Uzbekistan, Syria Yugoslavia, Turkmenistan, Iraq, Romania, Tajikistan Bulgaria,…
More lessons from this document
- Ruminant Production — Part 1
- Ruminant Production — Part 2
- Ruminant Production — Part 3
- Ruminant Production — Part 4
- Ruminant Production — Part 5
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