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Livestock animals

Livestock animals. 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. New Zealand-North Island. Origin of Ovis aries.

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Livestock animals

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  1. Livestock animals

  2. 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.

  3. New Zealand-North Island

  4. Origin of Ovis aries • The Mouflon- a possible ancestor (scientists aren’t sure) • Domesticated ~11,000 years ago in Mesopotamia(today’s Iraq).

  5. Origin of Ovisaries • Dall Sheep- Ovisdallis • Wild sheep native to NW North America

  6. Origin of Ovisaries • Big Horn Sheep • Wild sheep native to NW North America

  7. Dall Sheep on Beluga Point, AK

  8. Food and Labor • Bovines: Bostaurusand Bosindicus c

  9. Food and Labor Bosindicustype cows in Brazil.

  10. Food and Labor Bosindicustype cows in Brazil.

  11. Food and Labor Bosindicustype cows in Brazil. Where do these types of cows usually live? Why do they look so different?

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