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Livestock

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˈlaɪvstɒk/nounCore term

In veterinary medicine, livestock means: Animals kept on farms to produce meat, milk, eggs, wool or other products, such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and poultry.

In Turkish: çiftlik hayvanları, hayvancılık, büyükbaş ve küçükbaş hayvanlar

How it is used

A collective noun with no plural -s: say livestock, never livestocks, and it usually takes a plural verb. Common in livestock farming, livestock movements, livestock markets and livestock practice, and in government rules on disease and transport.

Example sentences

  1. All livestock must be ear-tagged and registered before they leave the farm.

  2. Livestock vets spend much of their week on herd health visits.

Common collocations

  • livestock farming
  • livestock movement
  • livestock market
  • livestock vet
  • livestock production
  • cattleCows, bulls, steers and calves kept for milk or meat. It is a plural noun with no singular form.
  • herdA group of animals of one kind that live, feed or are farmed together, especially cattle, goats, pigs or horses.
  • poultryBirds kept for meat or eggs, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese. The word also means the meat of these birds.
  • husbandryThe everyday care and management of farm animals, including housing, feeding, breeding, hygiene and handling.
  • biosecurityThe set of measures used to stop infectious diseases from getting into a farm, clinic or country and from spreading inside it.

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