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livestock

Also known as farm animals

thumb|Cattle|Cows on a pasture in [[Austria]] thumb|Sheep in Écrins National Park (France) Livestock are the domesticated animals that are raised in an agricultural setting mainly to provide labor and produce diversified animal products for human consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals which are raised for consumption, and sometimes used to refer solely to farmed ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, and goats.

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Livestock are domesticated animals raised in agriculture to provide labor and produce goods for human use, including meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term can refer broadly to all farmed animals or more narrowly to specific categories like cattle, sheep, and goats.

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Research

74,907 papers

Global health risks lurking in livestock resistome.Science advances · 2025Li B, Jiang L, Johnson T et al.DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adt8073
Nutrigenomics in livestock-recent advances.ReviewJournal of applied genetics · 2020Nowacka-Woszuk JDOI: 10.1007/s13353-019-00522-x
Ruminant livestock TR V(D)J genes and CDR3 repertoire.ReviewVeterinary immunology and immunopathology · 2024Wu F, Deng Y, Yao X et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2024.110829
Livestock-associated Staphylococcus aureus.ReviewClinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2012Fluit ACDOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03846.x
Livestock-vector interaction using volatile organic metabolites.ReviewCurrent opinion in insect science · 2024Getahun MNDOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101269
Monitoring livestock pregnancy loss.eLife · 2024Akpan CDOI: 10.7554/eLife.98828
Neurotoxic Plants that Poison Livestock.ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice · 2020Stegelmeier BL, Davis TZ, Clayton MJDOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.08.002
Hepatotoxic Plants that Poison Livestock.ReviewThe Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice · 2020Clayton MJ, Davis TZ, Knoppel EL et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2020.08.003

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Commons category: Livestock
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_02000005
P8168: Maurizio Randazzo

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Contents

Etymology
History
Types
Micro-livestock
Farming practices
Predation
Disease
Transportation and marketing
Biomass
Economic and social benefits
Environmental impact
Impacts of climate change
Animal ethics
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The breeding, maintenance, slaughter and general subjugation of livestock, called animal husbandry, is a part of modern agriculture and has been practiced in many cultures since humanity's transition to farming from hunter-gatherer lifestyles. Animal husbandry practices have varied widely across cultures and periods. They continue to play a major economic and cultural role in numerous communities.