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Definition of livestock
: animals kept or raised for use or pleasure; especially : farm animals kept for use and profit
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Examples of livestock in a Sentence
a market where livestock are bought and sold
a market where livestock is bought and sold
Recent Examples of livestock from the Web
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Health certificates, bovine bullet wounds, viral outbreaks, livestock animal abuse — these are just a few of the issues facing Nevada’s specially trained team for agricultural crime.
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FFA exhibits (excluding livestock) will be entered in the Livestock barn.
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In the film, Mija is a quiet girl living in beatific mountains with her grandfather and Okja, a superpig gifted to her family by a livestock company called the Mirando Corporation, led by a slightly manic woman named Lucy Mirando (Swinton).
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Supporters said the bans are a local reaction to breeders, mostly located in the Midwest, who warehouse dogs and cats like livestock.
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Two additional wells exist on the property and could be used to support livestock.
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Livestock effluent has also been entering waterways and raising bacteria counts to unsafe levels.
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Da Silva said the U.N. agency is trying to provide food, seeds and livestock simultaneously to farmers to take advantage of the rainy season.
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Poaching remains a significant threat, particularly to fuel a black market for tiger parts in Asia, as does retaliatory killings for loss of livestock.
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First Known Use of livestock
circa 1687
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livestock
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: farm animals (such as cows, horses, and pigs) that are kept, raised, and used by people
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livestock
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: animals (as cows, horses, and pigs) kept or raised especially on a farm and for profit
Learn More about livestock
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