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• couvade — /kooh vahd /; Fr. /kooh vannd /, n. a practice among some peoples, as the Basques of Spain, in which a man, immediately preceding the birth of his child, takes to his bed in an enactment of the birth experience and subjects himself to various… …   Universalium

• livestock 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 …   Universalium

• Industrial agriculture (animals) — Industrial animal agriculture is a modern form of intensive farming that refers to the industrialized production of livestock, including cattle, poultry (in battery farms ) and fish. Most of the meat, dairy and eggs available in supermarkets are… …   Wikipedia

• Anaerobic lagoon — or Manure Lagoon is a man made outdoor earthen basin filled with excrement. Lagoons are part of a system designed to manage and treat waste created by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO). Anaerobic lagoons are created from a manure… …   Wikipedia

• Wild boar — Boar redirects here. For other uses, see Boar (disambiguation). Wild pig redirects here. For other uses, see Wild pig (disambiguation). For the German World War II Wild Boar night fighter tactic, see Wilde Sau. Wild Boar Temporal range: Early… …   Wikipedia

• Mukota — Country of origin Zimbabwe Pig (Sus scrofa domesticus.) Mukota is a breed of indigenous, domestic pig found primarily in Zimbabwe. It is also known as the Rhodesian Indigenous or Zimbabwe Indigenous pig. Mukota pigs are black, hardy in the… …   Wikipedia

• hog house — ▪ agriculture also called  pigpen        building for housing swine, particularly one with facilities for housing a number of hogs under one roof. Typical housing protects against extremes of heat and cold and provides draft free ventilation,… …   Universalium