Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural
setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor.
This article does not discuss poultry or farmed fish, although
these, especially poultry, are commonly included within the
meaning of "livestock". Livestock are generally raised for
profit. Raising animals (animal husbandry) is a component of
modern agriculture. It has been practiced in many cultures since
the transition to farming from hunter-gather lifestyles. Animal-
rearing has its origins in the transition of cultures to settled
farming communities rather than hunter-gatherer lifestyles.
Animals are ‘domesticated’ when their breeding and living
conditions are controlled by humans. Over time, the collective
behaviour, life cycle, and physiology of livestock have changed
radically. Many modern farm animals are unsuited to life in the
wild. Dogs were domesticated in East Asia about 15,000 years
ago, Goats and sheep were domesticated around 8000 BCE in Asia.
Swine or pigs were domesticate