General animal husbandry: Concepts and Domestication

Question 1

What are some obvious examples of things expected from society in exchange for harm-causing practices?

Answer 1

• meat
• milk/milk products
• skins/hides/leather/fur
• hair/wool
• honey
• fish/fish products
• crustaceans
• shellfish

Question 2

What are some less-obvious examples of things expected from society in exchange for harm-causing practices?

Answer 2

• gelatine
• insulin
• pituitrin
• snake/spider antivenom
• bovine serum albumin and other media
• recombinant bioactive proteins from milk

Question 3

When did the domestication of animals begin?

Answer 3

10,000 - 20,000 years ago