CAFOs & Industrialization
This stands for Confined Animal Feeding Operation.
What is a CAFO?
Chickens are domesticated from this wild bird species.
What is the red junglefowl?
Domesticated pigs were bred from this wild ancestor.
What are wild boars?
Cattle were domesticated from this extinct animal.
What are aurochs?
Dairy cattle are bred for high production of this product.
What is milk?
About 99% of poultry and 98% of pigs are raised in these facilities.
Confined Animal Feeding Operation
These hens are bred to produce about 250 eggs per year.
What are laying hens?
Most pigs are raised in large indoor facilities called this.
What are enclosed pens or warehouses?
Cattle are classified as this type of animal with multi-chambered stomachs.
What are ruminants?
: Cows only produce milk after this event.
What is giving birth?
One major environmental problem caused by manure runoff from CAFOs.
What is water pollution or hypoxia?
These cages are used in industrial egg production.
What are battery cages?
These restrict mother pigs from turning around.
What are gestation crates?
The 6–8 month pasture phase before feedlots is called this.
What is backgrounding?
Cows are typically re-impregnated this many months after giving birth.
What is 2–3 months?
This greenhouse gas released by cattle is more potent than carbon dioxide.
What is methane (CH₄)?
Broiler hens are bred mainly for this purpose.
What is rapid growth for meat production?
About this percentage of piglets do not survive due to crate conditions.
What is about 15%?
This feedlot stage uses a corn-rich diet to rapidly increase weight.
What is finishing?
This bacteria can become acid-resistant in cattle fed high-corn diets.
What is E. coli?
Antibiotics are widely used in livestock, leading to this evolutionary problem in bacteria.
What is antibiotic resistance?
Rapid growth in broiler hens often leads to these health issues.
What are weakened legs, heart failure, or broken bones?
Gestation crates are controversial mainly because of this issue.
what are ethical concerns about animal welfare?
Feeding cattle corn instead of grass can lead to this digestive disorder.
What is acidosis?
Ground beef has a high risk of this because meat from many cattle is mixed together.
What is food poisoning?