It continues to play a major economic and cultural role in numerous communities. Animal husbandry practices have varied widely across cultures and time periods. 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.
The latter is likely due to the fact that fish products are not governed by the USDA, but by the FDA. Poultry and fish are not included in the category. The USDA classifies pork, veal, beef, and lamb ( mutton) as livestock, and all livestock as red meat. Horses are considered livestock in the United States. 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. Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting in order to provide labour and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. Cattle on a pasture in Austria Sheep in Écrins National Park (France) For other uses, see Livestock (disambiguation).
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