SS1 Animal Husbandry Lesson Note on Classification of Animals

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TOPIC:  CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS

Animals are classified according to diverse purposes like habitat, relationship with man, mode of feeding, to mention but a few.

Animal classified based on habitat e.g terrestrial animals and aquatic animals e.t.c those classified according to a relationship with man are wild animals and domestic animals.

With regard to domestic animals, which is going to be our focus in these studies?

A domestic animal is an animal that man has been able to tame, control, and has been freely reproducing under his supervision. Examples of domestic animals include Goat, Sheep, Camel, Donkeys rabbits, pigs, Cattle, Poultry, bee, grass cutter, snail, and fishes.

Domesticated animals can further be classified based on their mode of nutrition.

1. Non–ruminant animals
2. Ruminant animals.

 

Sub Topic 1

DEFINITION OF MONOGASTRIC OR NON–RUMINANT ANIMALS

These are animals which possess only one stomach and do not ruminate. They have simple stomachs and cannot digest cellulose and fibre properly.eg pig rabbit poultry birds.

DEFINITION OF POLY-GASTRIC OR RUMINANT ANIMAL.

These are farm animals that possess four stomach chambers hence can ruminate. The stomach compartments are rumen, reticulum omasum and abomasums.

Differences between mono-gastric and poly-gastric animals.

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