WEEK 2-3
FORMS OF FARM ANIMALS
- WORK ANIMALS: These are animals used as a source of labour from doing farm work such as tilling the soil and carrying farm produce. Some breed of cattle are exceptional as work animals to perform certain farm operation. Other animals such as donkeys and camels are used to carry load from place to place
- DIARY ANIMALS: These are farm animals reared mainly for milk production. Some breed of cattle is the major dairy animals because they are good milk producers. However, sheep and goat can also be kept for milk production
- BEEF ANIMALS: These animals are kept for meat production, almost all farm animals are kept for the purpose of feeding on their flesh e.g. sheep, cattle, goat, pig, poultry and fish all produce flesh eaten as food for man.
- GUARD ANIMALS: These animals are kept for security purpose for instance dogs are kept to protect his owners and guard his properties or farm compound. They can be trained to track down thieves.
- POULTRY (BIRD): These are domesticated bird. They produce meat and eggs used as food. The common of poultry are chicken, duck, guinea fowl, turkey and geese
- PET ANIMALS: These are animals kept in houses as pet. They are kept at home for pleasure rather than for work or food. Dogs, fats, fish can be kept as pets
- AQUATIC ANIMALS: These are animals that live in water. Hence they are domesticated in water environment fish is the most important aquatic animal to man some breeds of fish has been domesticated by man. Examples are cat fish, tilapia and so on.