Livestock Animals

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Livestock animals

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Food and Fiber

First food and fiber animal was the sheep(Ovis Aries)

Reasons:

They stay together, survive off poorer and marginal land, manageable size, low aggression, and versatile.

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New Zealand-North Island

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Origin of Ovis aries

The Mouflon- a possible ancestor (scientists aren’t sure)

Domesticated ~11,000 years ago in Mesopotamia(today’s Iraq).

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Origin of Ovis aries

Dall Sheep- Ovis dallis

Wild sheep native to NW North America

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Origin of Ovis aries

Big Horn Sheep

Wild sheep native to NW North America

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Dall Sheep on Beluga Point, AK

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Food and Labor

Bovines: Bos taurus and Bos indicus

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Food and Labor

Bos indicus type cows in Brazil.

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Food and Labor

Bos indicus type cows in Brazil.

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Food and Labor

Bos indicus type cows in Brazil.

Where do these types of cows usually live? Why do they look so different?