Animals in Daily Life

• Food from animals
  • Milk is obtained from cow, buffalo, goat, and camel.
  • Meat is obtained from chicken, goat, and sheep.
  • Eggs are obtained from chicken and ducks.

• Animal husbandry
  • The science of rearing animals for a commercial purpose on a large scale is known as animal husbandry. It includes feeding, breeding, disease control and providing shelter and care.

• Wool is usually obtained from hair (fleece) of sheep or yak. Other animals that can be used to obtain wool are llama, camel, goat, and alpaca.
• Sheep contains two kinds of hair, the coarse beard hair and the soft under hair. Wool is obtained from the soft under hair.
• In India, sheep are reared in many states including Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, etc.

• The steps that are involved in the processing of fleece to wool are given below…