LIVESTOCK(farm animals)

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in a farm setting, these animals are raised for so many reasons and some of these reasons are for food, profit and labour. Animals are domesticated when their breeding and living condition is controlled by HUMAN. Livestock are also referred to as FARM ANIMALS, some of the farm animals we are going to be dealing with are pigs, goats, sheeps, fishes and poultry birds, we might come across some other farm animals as we go on. Livestock are generally raised for profit. Raising animals ( animal husbandry) is a component of modern agriculture. It has been practiced in many cultures since the transition to farming from hunter-gather lifestyles. Livestock production can be a very great source of income but it takes time, patience and coordination. Everything that is good has its own enemy, same implies to these animals, they have a great enemy known has DISEASES, it can either be air-borne or water-borne, when this diseases attack the animals it causes great damage to them either internally or externally leading to an unhealthy farm, and might even cause death for the animal if not given appropriate attention. Some of these diseases are COCCIDIOSIS in poultry birds, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE in goats and sheeps, AFRICAN SWINE FEVER in pigs and many more. As tough as these diseases may be they also have cures, but we shall be looking at that in our subsequent articles.