Veterinarian in Society

MAN- ANIMAL INTERACTION

• Domestication of plants and animals altered the occupation of the early humans from hunting and gathering to alert hunting, herding and advanced agriculture.
• The domestication of livestock, mainly pigs, cows, sheep, horses, and goats is considered to have occurred between 9,000 and 5,000 BC as agriculture became more of an issue in human societies.
• The dog is thought to have been the first animal to be domesticated by humans, sometime around 13,000–10,000 BC, from its wolf like ancestor Canis lupus.
• History shows that the most suitable animals for domestication (and use by humans) are those that naturally live in groups with a hierarchical social structure.
• Of the animals that have been domesticated, only cats and ferrets are considered to exhibit solitary lifestyles rather than herd/group behavior.
• The ability to keep and control groups of meat-supplying animals allowed humans to give up their previously nomadic lives and produce excess food.