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1Livestock — For other uses, see Livestock (disambiguation). Domestic sheep and a cow (heifer) pastured together in South Africa Livestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber… …
2livestock farming — Introduction raising of animals for use or for pleasure. In this article, the discussion of livestock includes both beef and dairy cattle, pigs (pig), sheep, goats (goat), horses (horse), mules (mule), asses, buffalo, and camels (camel …
3slaughter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slātra to slaughter; akin to Old English sleaht slaughter, slēan to slay more at slay Date: 14th century 1. the act of killing; specifically the butchering of livestock… …
4Livestock transportation — is the movement of live animals, by ship, rail, road or air. Livestock is shipped for many reasons, including but not limited to sale, auction, breeding, livestock shows, rodeos, fairs, slaughter, and grazing.Early recordsThe first known records… …
5Slaughter-House Cases — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Slaughter House Cases ArgueDate=January 11 ArgueYear=1872 ReargueDateA=February 3 ReargueDateB=5 ReargueYear=1873 DecideDate=April 14 DecideYear=1873 FullName=The Butchers Benevolent Association of New Orleans v. The Crescent …
6LIVESTOCK, TRADE IN — The laws of ritual slaughter (sḥehitah ) made it necessary for Jews to buy cattle for their own consumption. In Muslim countries the gentile population bought meat from Jewish butchers. In Christian countries many charters granted to the Jews… …
7Legal aspects of ritual slaughter — The legal aspects of ritual slaughter include the regulation of slaughterhouses, butchers, and religious personnel involved with traditional shechita (Jewish), dhabiĥa (Islamic) and Jhatka (Sikh) religious slaughter. Regulations also may extend… …
8Ritual slaughter — is the practice of slaughtering livestock for meat in a ritual manner, e.g. prescribed by a religious dietary laws, notably Jewish Shechita and Islamic Ḏabīḥah.In Animal sacrifice in general, the ritual aspect predominates over the food… …
9Horse slaughter — is the practice of slaughtering horses for meat. These animals come from mainly from auctions, where they re sold by private sellers and breeders. Often horses are sent to auction and sold to slaughter without the owner s knowledge or consent by… …
10Animal slaughter — Slaughter is the term used to describe the killing and butchering of animals, usually for food. Commonly it refers to killing and butchering of domestic livestock ( tame animals ).The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cattle (for… …
