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Poultry. --- Fowls --- Animal culture --- Aviculture --- Livestock --- Eggs --- Production

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"We face three epoch-defining environmental problems: climate, extinction and pestilence. Our climate is changing in ways that will have serious consequences for humans, and may even profoundly affect the ability of the planet to support life. All around us, other species are disappearing at a rate between several hundred and several thousand times the normal background rate of extinction. The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has wreaked social and economic havoc, is merely the latest model off a blossoming production line of newly emerging infectious diseases, many of which have the potential to be far worse. At the heart of these problems lies an ancient habit: eating animals. This habit is the most significant driver of species extinction and of newly emerging infectious diseases, and one of the most important drivers of climate change. This is a habit we can no longer afford to indulge. Breaking it will substantially reduce climate emissions. It will stem our insatiable hunger for land that is at the heart of both the problems of extinction and pestilence. Most importantly, breaking this habit will make available vast areas of land suitable for afforestation: the return of forests to where they once grew. Afforestation will significantly mitigate all three problems. But only if we stop eating animals will we have enough land for this strategy to work"--

Food of animal origin --- Animal culture --- Climate change mitigation --- Environmental Health --- Deforestation --- Climate change mitigation. --- Environmental health. --- Deforestation. --- Environmental aspects.

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This publication explores animal husbandry practices and their relevance in the daily life of the Egyptians of the Old and Middle Kingdoms and their modern day parallels, of which there are many. Such a study is paramount in understanding how the ancient Egyptians ministered to their herds and developed their unique understanding of farmed animal behaviour. By an examination of scenes of daily life taken from chapel and tomb wall art as they relate to animal husbandry practices from the Old and Middle Kingdoms, Dr Jones compares and contrasts these illustrated practices with “modern” day examples, where applicable. In many cases, his research has indicated that nothing has changed over the period of 5,000 years in many parts of the world, thus emphasising that the ancient Egyptians were highly advanced and skilled in their understanding of those animals that were the focus of their husbandry practices. These practices are the basis of many activities that are still in vogue in parts of the developed and undeveloped worlds.

Animals --- Livestock --- Animal culture --- Animal husbandry --- Farm animals --- Live stock --- Stock (Animals) --- Stock and stock-breeding --- Agriculture --- Animal industry --- Domestic animals --- Food animals --- Herders --- Range management --- Rangelands --- Animal kingdom --- Beasts --- Fauna --- Native animals --- Native fauna --- Wild animals --- Wildlife --- Organisms --- Human-animal relationships --- Zoology --- History --- Husbandry, Animal --- Zoology, Economic

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In the mid-first millennium B.C., the Eanna temple at Uruk sacrificed a minimum of nine lambs every day in its basic routine of offerings to its gods; in addition to these, special occasions and festivals demanded the sacrifice of as many as 90 lambs in a single day. All told, the Eanna sacrificed about 4,300 lambs per year. There were more than 120 herdsmen connected to the Eanna at any given time, and the temple expected there to be tens of thousands of sheep and goats under their responsibility. These herdsmen delivered male lambs to the Eanna for sacrifice, and the temple had an internal infrastructure for the care, maintenance, and ritual expenditure of these lambs; they also delivered wool, which the Eanna sold mostly in bulk quantities. This book aims to analyze the economic organization of this entire system of sheep and goat maintenance and utilization, to explore the economic and social relationships between the Eanna and its herdsmen, and to integrate the study of the Eanna’s animal economy into the developing picture of the Neo-Babylonian temple economy as a whole. Kozuh’s careful examination of the bookkeeping records, the management records, and legal documents connected with this substantial enterprise sheds new light on an arcane area of first-millennium Mesopotamian life that will be sure to enlighten our understanding of the daily life, economy, and social structure of this region.

Temples --- Animal sacrifice --- Architecture --- Church architecture --- Religious institutions --- Sacrifice --- Economic aspects --- Erech (Extinct city) --- Erech (Ancient city) --- Orchoe (Extinct city) --- Orchoi (Extinct city) --- Tall al-Warkāʾ (Iraq) --- Tall al Warna (Iraq) --- Tell el-Warkāʾ (Iraq) --- Uruk (Extinct city) --- Warkāʾ, Tall al- (Iraq) --- Warna, Tall al (Iraq) --- Iraq --- Economic conditions. --- Religious life and customs. --- Buildings, structures, etc. --- Antiquities --- Animal culture --- Goats --- Herders --- Sheep --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Religious architecture --- Domestic sheep --- Ovis aries --- Red sheep --- Livestock --- Ovis --- Shepherds --- Wool --- Herdsmen --- Stockmen (Animal industry) --- Livestock workers --- Nomads --- Pastoral systems --- Rangelands --- Capra hircus --- Dairy goats --- Goats, Domestic --- Milk goats --- Capra --- Animal husbandry --- Husbandry, Animal --- Zoology, Economic

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This book presents a concept for implementing a mass balance approach toward developing an effective eco-friendly, livestock farming system independent of external energy input. In this context it describes a modern, integrated farming system, and includes comprehensive technical information explaining the design and evaluation of manure management systems, and modeling and operational tools. It first discusses the mass balance operating process, highlighting the difference between imported and exported mass across the farm boundary. Estimating mass balance can provide critical information for (comprehensive) nutrient management planning and for managing the movement of nutrients and manure. It then explains the estimation of whole-farm P mass balance using a suitable model system. The subsequent chapters provide updated information on management aspects of livestock-farming and generation of multiple job opportunities, and also explore various aspects of livestock farming operational protocols like housing and management; nurture of rams, ewes and lambs, new born calves and heifers; care of buck, doe and kid- nutrition flushing; concept zero grazing-systems; disease control and management; integrated goat farming; and crop-livestock integration. Further, the book addresses crop-livestock integration; energy autonomy in cattle farming; value added biopharmaceuticals from cattle farming; CAPEX for cattle farming; concepts of cattle farming; detrimental effects of the industry; topographic and edaphic factors, and thermal stress on livestock growth and development; socioeconomic development; and water requirements for livestock. The book concludes with the most important issue in the field of agriculture and veterinary science: “Livestock Farming with Care,” describing sustainable, eco-friendly livestock farming by highlighting issues like animal feed vs. human food; agricultural GDP vs livestock, and factors affecting the sustainability of livestock farming. Given its scope, this book is a valuable resource for researchers and students alike, and will also appeal to practitioners in the field of livestock.

Animal anatomy. --- Animal physiology. --- Animal genetics. --- Animal welfare. --- Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Animal Welfare/Animal Ethics. --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Genetics --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Animal anatomy --- Physiology --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Livestock --- Farm management. --- Environmental aspects. --- Ecology. --- Farm organization --- Farms --- Agriculture --- Land tenure --- Management --- Agricultural landscape management --- Agricultural systems --- Animal husbandry --- Farm animals --- Live stock --- Stock (Animals) --- Stock and stock-breeding --- Animal culture --- Animal industry --- Domestic animals --- Food animals --- Herders --- Range management --- Rangelands --- Economic aspects