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livestock Definition

live·stock (līvstäk′)

noun

domestic animals kept for use on a farm and raised for sale and profit

livestock Synonyms

livestock

n.

cows, sheep, domestic animals; see cattle, herd 1.

livestock Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • domesticate: An understanding of the natural behavior or ethology is a requirement in the assessment of the welfare of domesticated livestock.
  • slaughter: Soviet agriculture had still not yet recovered from the forced collectivisation of the early 1930s, when peasants destroyed crops and slaughtered livestock.
  • tend: It is difficult to keep children from collecting wood and tending livestock in the fields and this is where the dangers lie.
  • kill: But how much of the wolf's reputation for killing livestock is deserved?
  • feed: As a boy, John Clarke started work at the mill by feeding the livestock going on to become master baker.

Adjective modifier

  • ruminant: For ruminant livestock, access to pasture must be maximized.
  • susceptible: Recommendations for event organizers Cancel all activities planned on or close to land where susceptible livestock have recently been grazing.
  • infected: These questions could easily be answered by molecular genetic analysis of the virus or viruses from infected livestock in the outbreak.
  • domestic: Back to top Grazing Grazing by domestic livestock can benefit heathland in a number of ways.
  • arable: Arable, livestock, mixed and forestry enterprises are all judged in their own context.
  • agricultural: What is also apparent is that the preference among students for animal sciences appears to be concentrating on horses rather than agricultural livestock.

Modifies a noun

  • farming: Quality livestock farming in Scotland cannot survive without subsidy.
  • genetics,training: Livestock sales,Top stud genetics,training and Fleece Spinning at our Mini Mill.
  • sales,top: Livestock sales,Top stud genetics,training and Fleece Spinning at our Mini Mill.
  • grazing: You are sure to have company from the local livestock grazing next to the roadway.
  • keeper: This could, for example, include research exploring how to help livestock keepers say what they need from animal health research.
  • manure: Historically, the term ' farm waste ' has been used to describe livestock manure, slurry and effluent.

Noun used with modifier

  • grazing: Most of the agricultural land within the Park is used for grazing livestock.
  • pedigree: Cattle associations, sheep societies, pedigree livestock.. .
  • farm: They are there to provide winter fodder for the farm livestock, especially cattle.