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Understanding the Domestication and Importance of Sheep and Cattle

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This overview explores the significance of livestock, focusing on sheep (Ovis aries) as the first domesticated food and fiber animal, originating around 11,000 years ago in Mesopotamia. It highlights reasons for their domestication, such as adaptability to harsh environments and manageable size. Additionally, it examines wild sheep species like Dall sheep and Bighorn sheep native to North America, alongside the role of bovines (Bos taurus and Bos indicus) in agriculture, particularly in Brazil.

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Understanding the Domestication and Importance of Sheep and Cattle

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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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