Good Animal Husbandry Practices-the Future for Sustainable Food Production Proceedings of the 22nd Malaysian Society of Animal Production Annual Conference held at Kota Kinabalu, 29 May - 1 June 2000

• Main Author: Sharif Haron (Author)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Published: Serdang Malaysian Society of Animal Production 2000
• Subjects: Animal industry > Congresses > Malaysia; Livestock > Congresses; Animal culture > Congresses
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• Item Description: Organised by Malaysian Society of Animal Production and Department of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry Sabah
• Physical Description: xv, 240 pages illustrations 30cm
• ISBN: 9839971077

Good Animal Husbandry Practices 121Good Animal Husbandry Practices15121Puja Dudeja, Amarjeet SinghSurvival of the fittest; as per this theory ofCharles Darwin man has overcome/masteredcontrol over other animals. Man's capacity todevelop/design instruments/implements/weapons helped man control animals. Thiscontributed to a large extent in evolution oflivestock over the past 12,000 years. As perhistorical evidence, goat and sheep were thefirst species of animals domesticated forhuman use. This was followed by domesti-cation of pig. About 8000 years ago cow wasthe last major food animal that humansdomesticated. This led to introduction of milkas a useful foodstuff. Goat, sheep, reindeer andcamel milk were also used. Other species usedfor food were avian, amphibian, fish, andvarious arthropods.