Definitions for livestock
ˈlaɪvˌstɒklive·stock

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. livestock, stock, farm animalnoun

   any animals kept for use or profit

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. livestocknoun

   Farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation.

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1. Livestock

   Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals who are raised for consumption, and sometimes used to refer solely to farmed ruminants, such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs. Horses are considered livestock in the United States. The USDA classifies pork, veal, beef, and lamb (mutton) as livestock, and all livestock as red meat. Poultry and fish are not included in the category. The latter is likely due to the fact that fish products are not governed by the USDA, but by the FDA. 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 time periods. It continues to play a major economic and cultural role in numerous communities. Livestock farming practices have largely shifted to intensive animal farming. Intensive animal farming increases the yield of the various commercial outputs, but also negatively impacts animal welfare, the environment, and public health. In particular, beef, dairy and sheep are an outsized source of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.

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1. livestock

   Livestock refers to domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber, or labor. This can include animals like cows, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, horses, ducks, and bees. The raising of livestock is part of the practice of animal husbandry.

WikidataRate this definition:3.6 / 9 votes

1. Livestock

   Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. This article does not discuss poultry or farmed fish, although these, especially poultry, are commonly included within the meaning of "livestock". Livestock are generally raised for profit. Raising animals is a component of modern agriculture. It has been practiced in many cultures since the transition to farming from hunter-gather lifestyles.

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How to pronounce livestock?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of livestock in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of livestock in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of livestock in a Sentence

1. Jonas Hausiku:

   For a horse $500, a pig $250, a goat $200 and so on, we try to discourage people from killing predators with compensation even if a lion attacks livestock outside the park.

2. Hee Cho:

   Insect farming requires just a fraction of the land, water, and feed in comparison to the traditional livestock farming, edible insects are superfoods.

3. Jeremy Farrar:

   We can now be certain that the health of livestock animals, and how we care for them, is inextricably linked to our own health and the effectiveness of medicines we rely on every day, we need international governments, policy makers and the agricultural industry to coordinate their actions and set tangible targets for the reduction and better use of antibiotics in animals.

4. Andre Luiz Siqueira:

   There are extensive areas( where) livestock farmers have regularly used fire as a way to clear farm fields, this year, even with the governmental ban... these producers set fire that ended up spreading for thousands of acres due to the great drought.

5. Charity Kokwai:

   Decades ago, it was men's role to search for pasture for the livestock but of late women are looking after livestock.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=livestock
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Livestock
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=livestock