livestock

Example Sentences

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A readily-available fertiliser for farmers when livestock are housed over winter, it is collected in storage pits for use in spring.

From BBC

"They took away valuables -- my radio, my phone, and forty head of livestock" from the village, he said, not daring to name those responsible.

From Barron's

The local livestock department said samples from the tigers showed canine distemper virus - though authorities have not confirmed how the outbreak happened.

From BBC

He sold livestock to raise the money for a large concrete reservoir for $2,500.

From Barron's

Nonnative livestock — not just horses and cows but also donkeys, pigs and sheep — thrived in the vast grasslands, plains and deserts of the New World.

From Los Angeles Times