AGR 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thrombin, Taurine, Tuber
7 Dec 2017
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Animals raised for production of meat, milk, eggs, fibre, leather, and draft/work. Includes beef and dairy cattle, sheep, swine, goats, and poultry. Others outside of n. america: milking camels in dubai camelicious dairy , ostrich . Adaption of the behaviour of animals to suit the needs of humans. Are we finished domesticating animals: no: bison selective breeding to increase meat production, foxes fur production, crickets food production, fish faster growth, disease resistance. Evidence of people wearing wool 10,000 bc. From mouflon in central asia (turkey, syria, iran) One of the first domesticated species: small in size, provided meat, milk, and clothing. Two groups: taurine (bos taurus) 10,500 years ago, indicine (bos indicus) zebu humped 8,500 years ago. Believed to be from turkey and middle east. Used as draft animals, then riding to keep track of flocks/herds. Often domesticated animals have traits rarely seen in the wild. Draft: important to developing countries, a variety of species.
